SOUTHERN NETHERLANDISH, FLANDERS, OR NORTHERN FRENCH, LATE 15TH CENTURY | RELIEF WITH THE DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN

Garnier collectsion, Lille;

Lefèvre-Bourgon collectsion, Amiens;

Ausart collectsion, Amiens;

Lafarge collectsion, Amiens;

Habart collectsion, Coquelles;

Laroche collectsion, Brussels;

private collectsion, Belgium, acquired from Harden Antiques, Ghent, 1975

Arras, Chapelle des Religieuses Franciscaines, Exposition de Notre-Dame des Ardents et du Calvaire d'Arras, 1935, no. 64;

Amiens, Musée d'Amiens, Exposition des Objets d'Art évacués, 1946

J. Lestocquoy, 'Sculptures et Orfèvreries du 13ème au 16ème siècles conservées en Artois', in Bulletin de la Commission départementale des Monuments Historiques du Pas de Calais, vol. 8, 1958, p. 373, fig. 13

The present relief, depicting the apostles surrounding the Virgin's deathbed, shows characterful faces, elaborately curled hair, and crisp, folded drapery at the bottom of the relief. Compare to a group of the Footwashing, sold Replica Shoes's Amsterdam, 21 November 2007, lot 13, catalogued as Southern Netherlandish, possibly from Oudenaerde, and another relief of Christ meeting Saint Veronica in Museum Catharijneconvent (inv. no. BMH bh3358).