Property from a European Private Collection
English, probably Nottingham, 15th century
Relief with the Coronation of the Virgin
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
English, probably Nottingham, 15th century
Relief with the Coronation of the Virgin
alabaster, with traces of gilding and polychromy, with an iron mount
43 by 27cm., 16⅞ by 10⅝in.
The George F. Harding Museum, Chicago;
The Art Institute of Chicago, from 1982;
Its sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 1985, lot 25;
Where acquired.
A. S. Tavender, 'Medieval English Alabasters in American Museums - Pt I', in Speculum, vol. 30, no. 1, 1955, pp. 64-71, p. 70, no. 60 and pl. IX;
F. Cheetham, Alabaster Images of Medieval England, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 103, no. 5 and p. 106, no. 53
Scenes from the Life of the Virgin were among the most popular subjects in English alabaster carvings, and the Coronation of the Virgin usually served as the final scene in altarpieces depicting this narrative. The present relief corresponds to 'type C' of the Coronation by the Trinity, as categorised by Cheetham (op. cit.) in his seminal survey of English alabasters. The Holy Trinity is represented as three male figures; Christ, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit.
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