God the Father, Master of the Madonna of La Gleize (possibly), c. 1360

Identification

Title(s)

God the Father
Christ, from a Coronation of the Virgin

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-1978-40

Description

God de Vader zittend op een bank. Zijn rechterarm is opgeheven, zijn linkerarm ligt op de globe, die op zijn linkerknie rust. Het beeld is een onderdeel van een Kroning van Maria.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Master of the Madonna of La Gleize (possibly)

Place

Liège

Dating

c. 1360

Material and Technique

Physical features

oak with traces of a white chalk ground

Material

oak (wood)

Technique

sculpting

Measurements

height 57.5 cm × width 21.5 cm × depth 11 cm

Subject

What

coronation of Mary by Christ (+ variant)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1978

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection G. Francotte, Liège, in or before 1905;{M.G. Terme, _L’art ancien au pays de Liège: Album de l’Exposition universelle de Liège 1905_, exh. cat. Liège [1907], no. 1346, pl. 18.} …; sale, Dutch private collection, Dordrecht (Mak), 13-16 June 1978, no. 1518, fl. 5,648 (incl. the commission of the mediating dealer C.J.J. Weegenaar, The Hague), to the museum

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Wonder : painted sculpture from medieval England, Stacy Boldrick, David Park, Paul Williamson, p. 64
Northern Gothic sculpture 1200-1450, Peta Evelyn, Paul Williamson
The Leverton Harris collection, Tancred Borenius, Crawford and Balcarres (Earl of), p.12
Belgische Kunstdenkmäler, Julius Baum, Paul Clemen, Max Creutz, p. 177
Victoria and Albert Museum : review of the principal acquisitions 1911-1935, p. 5
L'art ancien au pays de Liège : album de l'Exposition universelle de Liège 1905, M.G. Terme, cat.nr. 1346
Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1978, p.23-24
R. Williamson, 'Northern Gothic sculpture 1200-1450', catalogus Victoria and Albert museum, 1988, no. 24

Persistent URL

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