Perhaps fragments from a former Crucifixion scene
c. 1500
Polychrome, gilt limewood
Fragment of a statue of a female saint (presumably Mary of Sorrows)
Inv. 56.843
50 x 24 x 10 cm
This sawed fragment of a wooden statue of a female saint, presumably Mary of Sorrows, seen from the knees up is the companion to the similarly truncated depiction of St. John the Evangelist (56.846).
Provenance:
Ipolyi collection. ‘185. Mary depicted from the knees up (cut). High relief made of wood, worn gilding. Early 16th c.’ (Lakatos-Balla 279)
Bibliography
Genthon-1948, 151. – Radocsay-1967, 174. – Lakatos-Balla-2012 279
This sawed fragment of a wooden statue of a female saint, presumably Mary of Sorrows, seen from the knees up is the companion to the similarly truncated depiction of St. John the Evangelist (56.846).
Provenance:
Ipolyi collection. ‘185. Mary depicted from the knees up (cut). High relief made of wood, worn gilding. Early 16th c.’ (Lakatos-Balla 279)
Bibliography
Genthon-1948, 151. – Radocsay-1967, 174. – Lakatos-Balla-2012 279
