FLEMISH, PROBABLY MALINES OR ANTWERP, MID 16TH CENTURY, SET IN A LATER FRAME MOUNTED IN A LATER EBONISED ALTAR ON STAND WITH 16TH CENTURY FLEMISH SCHOOL DIPTYCH WINGS

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A carved alabaster relief depicting Pilate's presentation of Christ
Flemish, probably Malines or Antwerp, mid 16th century, set in a later frame mounted in a later ebonised altar on stand with 16th century Flemish school diptych wings
The ebonised altar of gabled form with a pair of doors, each inset with a diptych panel to the reverse depicting Ruben presenting Joseph's multi-colour coat to Jacob on the right and the Mocking of Christ to the left;

The frame surmounted by a pediment inset with an alabaster relief depicting Christ carrying the cross, above a gilt plaster relief depicting the flagellation of Christ and Christ before Pontius Pilate, above the main arched panel depicting Pilate presenting Christ with attendants and soldiers below all within a Roman architectural setting, above a further gilt plaster relief depicting the ascension of Christ.
The alabaster panels 45 cm. x 29 cm. and 14 x 30 cm.; the frame 106 cm. high overall; the altar 215 cm. high x 150 cm. wide (open) x 34 cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Comparable alabaster altar pieces can be found in the collections of the Rijksmuseum, Catharijneconvent in Utrecht and the Museum Simon van Gijn in Dordrecht. The altar in Dordrecht has a similar framework and dyptich wings as the one on offer here. The panel in Utrecht shows a relief depicting the last supper which also closely relates to the present panel.
Cf. J.P. Filedt Kok, W. Halsema-Kubes, W. Th. Kloek, e.a., Kunst voor de beeldenstorm, Noordnederlandse kunst 1525-1580, exhibition catalogue, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam/the Hague, 1986, p. 332, no. 210.
M. van Vlierden, Hout en steensculptuur van Museum Catharijneconvent ca. 1200-1600, Zwolle, 2004, p. 52, pp. 438-441.

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