Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Auction Closed
July 2, 02:29 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ENGLISH, PROBABLY NOTTINGHAM, 15TH CENTURY
RELIEF WITH THE LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST
alabaster, with remnants of gilding and polychromy
49.5cm., 19½in.
Private collection, Belgium
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a comparatively rare subject in Nottingham alabaster carving. This large relief shows three female figures (presumably Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleophas, and a third saint) surrounding the Virgin and Christ. It is similar in composition to an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. A197-1946).
RELATED LITERATURE
F. Cheetham, English Medieval Alabasters: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Oxford, 1984, no. 124; F. Cheetham, Alabaster Images of Medieval England, Woodbridge, 2003, pp. 93-94