Pietà

South Netherlandish 15th Century1450/1475

Details

Title: Pietà
Creator: South Netherlandish 15th Century
Date Created: 1450/1475
Physical Dimensions: overall: 42 x 50 x 23.5 cm (16 9/16 x 19 11/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Unidentified collection, Salamanca, Spain, late nineteenth century; private collection, Madrid; Robert Koeber, Hamburg, shortly before 1929;[1] (Dr. W.A. Luz, Berlin); acquired 1948 by Anthony Geber, Berlin, later Chevy Chase, Maryland;[2] gift to NGA, 1990. [1] Early provenance is given by Julius Baum, "Vesperbild aus dem Kreise Rogiers van der Weyden," _Pantheon_ 4 (1929): 562. [2] Anthony Geber to Alison Luchs, 1 June 1989, in NGA curatorial files.
Medium: alabaster with traces of polychromy

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