The Crucifixion group
Statuette
about 1500 (made)
about 1500 (made)
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This group was probably placed in a small house-altar.All three figures reflect the larger sculptures from the workshop of Michel Erhart in Ulm. Erhart appeared first in the tax-rolls in 1469, and became the leading sculptor in Ulm until his dead in 1522.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Title | The Crucifixion group (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Boxwood, partially painted |
| Brief description | Statuette (group), boxwood, Crucifixion Group, Germany (Swabia, Ulm), ca. 1500 |
| Physical description | Christ, wearing a crown of thorns, is represented as dead on the Cross. His head rests on his shoulder. One end of the loincloth hangs stiffly in the air to the right. The Virgin stands frontally, her hands held together in prayer. The ends of her voluminous mantle are caught up and pressed against her body by her arms. She wears a belted gown under her mantle and a veil covers her head. St John , his head slightly inclined to the right, holds his hands in prayer before his chest. He wears a tunic belted at the waist and buttoned at the neck under a mantle, one end of which is caught up in folds and pressed against his body by his right arm. His hair is carved in thick ringlets falling onto his shoulders/ |
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| Object history | Given by Dr W.L Hildburgh F.S.A in 1952. Historical significance: All three figures reflect the larger sculptures from the workshop of Michel Erhart in Ulm. He appeared first in the tax-rolls in 1469, and became the leading sculptor in Ulm until his dead in 1522. |
| Historical context | This group was probably placed in a small house-altar. |
| Production | probably Ulm |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This group was probably placed in a small house-altar.All three figures reflect the larger sculptures from the workshop of Michel Erhart in Ulm. Erhart appeared first in the tax-rolls in 1469, and became the leading sculptor in Ulm until his dead in 1522. |
| Bibliographic reference | Norbert Jopek, German Sculpture 1430-1540, London, 2002, p. 83, cat. no. 33. |
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| Accession number | A.17-1952 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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