Religious Wooden Sculptures

A collection of wooden sculptures representing saints and biblical figures, showcasing intricate details, historical craftsmanship, and varying states of preservation and material.

Ten weepers from the tomb of Isabella of Bourbon, Borman workshop (attributed to), Renier van Thienen (I) (attributed to), c. 1475 - c. 1476 She stares right in front of herself and laid the right hand over the left, with which she stops a scarf. On the head of braids, the Bourrelet, decorated with a small -needed, stands, of which short pieces of with a serrated edge depend. Her overspread with pocket sleeves and a stiff -rigid collar from the front is held together by a broad belt. The mantle hanging from the back with a raised collar is held in front of the breast by a tire and agrafen and falls to the feet. Brussels bronze (metal) casting / casting She stares right in front of herself and laid the right hand over the left, with which she stops a scarf. On the head of braids, the Bourrelet, decorated with a small -needed, stands, of which short pieces of with a serrated edge depend. Her overspread with pocket sleeves and a stiff -rigid collar from the front is held together by a bro

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REJOJ DE SOBREMESA CON EL REY DAVID - ESTILO IMPERIO - SIGLO XIX. Author: BROCOT ACHILLE. Location: MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

$Crowning with Thorns 1520-30 German, Augsburg or Nuremberg These sculptural reliefs (2015.388.1-.4) display extraordinary, jewel-like enameling accomplished through an innovative technique involving molten glass paste built up over an armature of gold wires on a silver base. In expressive detail, they represent four scenes of Christs Passion at a tiny scale—fully appreciable only to those privileged enough to view the reliefs at close range. (The compositions owe more than a little to the Small Passion print series by the famous Northern Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer.) Expensive as they were, the plaques would have been worth only a fraction of the treasure in the container they decorated: most likely some lost relic, imbued with spiritual power and believed to bridge our world with the divine.[Elizabeth Cleland, 2017. Crowning with Thorns. German, Augsburg or Nuremberg. 1520-30. Silver, enamel, gold. Enamels$

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