Lot Essay
For a comparable monumental Christ on the Cross, with the same crossed legs and expressively defined ribcage, see Monreal y Tejada, loc. cit..
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A CARVED WOODEN CORPUS FIGURE
PROBABLY SPANISH, 12TH OR EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Details
A CARVED WOODEN CORPUS FIGURE
PROBABLY SPANISH, 12TH OR EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The arms carved from separate pieces of wood; the reverse unfinished; the hands and feet pierced.
Traces of polychromy; cracks; minor worming.
76 in. (193 cm.) high, approx.
PROBABLY SPANISH, 12TH OR EARLY 13TH CENTURY
The arms carved from separate pieces of wood; the reverse unfinished; the hands and feet pierced.
Traces of polychromy; cracks; minor worming.
76 in. (193 cm.) high, approx.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Monreal y Tejada, Imaginería Medieval en la Coleccíon de Escultura Ricart, Barcelona, 1955, no. 31, illustrated.
P. Thoby, Le Crucifix des Origines au Concile de Trente, Nantes, 1959, no. 257, pl. CXIX.
L. Monreal y Tejada, Imaginería Medieval en la Coleccíon de Escultura Ricart, Barcelona, 1955, no. 31, illustrated.
P. Thoby, Le Crucifix des Origines au Concile de Trente, Nantes, 1959, no. 257, pl. CXIX.