This is an alabaster statue made by Hendrick de Keyser in Netherland, 1613. This figure is normally displayed on the roodloft from the Cathedral of 's-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), beneath which it now stands. It is known to have been sculpted by one of the greatest Netherlandish sculptors of the early seventeenth century (the rest of the ensemble was probably made in the workshop of Coenraed van Norenberch).

The southern Netherlands were an important centre for the production of alabaster sculpture during the 15th century, and while not producing the numbers that the English alabaster workshops turned out, they certainly exceeded their English counterparts in quality of craftsmanship. The English alabaster-carvers dominated the lower end of the market, catering for patrons right across Europe who could not afford to spend very much but were eager to furnish their parish churches and homes with religious imagery. The Netherlandish workshops, by contrast, produced fewer but many times more carefully finished alabaster sculptures, which were also considerably more expensive to buy.