Pietà

anonymous, c. 1450 - c. 1475

Using a mould, identical miniature statues were mass-produced in pipe clay (white-fired clay), then fired and painted. This statuette is among the more ambitious works of these clay sculptors and was once part of an altar.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-2011-22
  • Dimensionsheight 42.3 cm x width 27.6 cm x depth 11.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicspipeclay with polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pietà

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-2011-22

  • Description

    Maria buigt zich licht voorover naar links over het lichaam van Christus heen, dat op haar schoot ligt. Haar rechterhand ondersteunt zijn hoofd en hals, haar linkerarm ligt over zijn middel en houdt hem vast. De rechterarm van Christus hangt naar beneden.

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Creation

  • Creation

    'statue-squeezer': anonymous, Utrecht

  • Dating

    c. 1450 - c. 1475

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pipeclay with polychromy

  • Dimensions

    height 42.3 cm x width 27.6 cm x depth 11.2 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of the Goldschmidt-Pol Collection

  • Acquisition

    gift 2011-07

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Professor Dr H.O. Goldschmidt (1920-2009), Eindhoven, date unknown; donated to the museum by his heirs, Mr H. Goldschmidt, Tilburg and Mrs M.A.B. Goldschmidt, Wassenaar, in lieu of inheritance tax, 2011

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