Medieval Stone Panel with The Entombment of Christ

ENGLAND, NOTTINGHAM ALABASTER, MIDLANDS, CIRCA 1440-1460 A.D.

14 1/8 in. (5.75 kg, 36 cm high).

High-relief carving depicting a figural scene: nimbate Mary Magdalene crouching at bottom left, extending her hand with one braid of her hair towards the extended right hand of a supine Christ resting on a rectangular tomb; robed figure of Joseph of Arimathea to the right with a lantern at his feet, supporting the folded knees of the supine figure; on a wooden base with framed and felt-covered board to the rear. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Joanna Booth, London, UK, 2011.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13524-262844.

Literature

Cf. a similar scene from England, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 25.120.482.

Footnotes

The entombment of Christ is a widely interpreted topic in the religious art of the Middle Ages: the scene always includes the presence of Mary Magdalene holding the hand of Christ and Joseph of Arimathea, who, according to the Gospel of John (XIX, 38-42), placed Jesus in his own unused tomb.

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