Lot Essay
The iconographic representation of the recumbant Jesse, dreaming of the lineage of Christ, depicts Christ's ancestors springing from a tree with Christ at its top.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SOUTH GERMAN PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED WOOD RELIEF OF THE TREE OF JESSE
PROBABLY FRANCONIAN, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A SOUTH GERMAN PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED WOOD RELIEF OF THE TREE OF JESSE
Probably Franconian, 15th Century
In a later Gothic arched polychrome-decorated wood frame, laid on a green velvet lined ground, the sleeping figure of Jesse issuing a scrolling vine surmounted by a three-quarter length figure of the Madonna and Child, two additional three-quarter length figures, one probably King David, holding banderals to the middle
49½in. (126cm.) high, 35½in. (90cm.) wide overall
Probably Franconian, 15th Century
In a later Gothic arched polychrome-decorated wood frame, laid on a green velvet lined ground, the sleeping figure of Jesse issuing a scrolling vine surmounted by a three-quarter length figure of the Madonna and Child, two additional three-quarter length figures, one probably King David, holding banderals to the middle
49½in. (126cm.) high, 35½in. (90cm.) wide overall