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Entombment of Christ Workshop in Mechelen

Artist

Workshop in Mechelen 17th century

Culture Netherlandish
Date ca. 1600
Object type relief
Medium, technique alabaster
Dimensions

12 × 9.5 cm, 0.3 kg

Inventory number 51.924
Collection Sculptures
On view This artwork is not on display

The town of Mechelen in Belgium was a major centre of alabaster sculpture from the mid-sixteenth century onwards. The reliefs from Mechelen have a decorative effect, owing to their elaborate frames and the gilding. The rhythm and harmonic unity of the Budapest Entombment composition and the proportions of the figures and their arrangement around a diagonally positioned sarcophagus show how Italian late Renaissance influenced Flemish art.

References

Balogh, Jolán, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, IV – XVIII. Jahrhundert: 1. Textband Bd. 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1975, p. 204-205., no. 288.

Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, A Régi Szoborgyűjtemény kincsei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 65.

Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, The treasures of the Old Sculpture collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 65.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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