The Ascension: M.3-1923

Current Location: Gallery 32 (Rothschild)

Titles

The Ascension

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Relief

Categories

Sculpture

Description

The Ascension. Alabaster carved in high relief with traces of the original colour and gilding. Rectangular. In front on the left: the Virgin and St Matthew with a satchel slung over the left shoulder. In front on the right: St John with a palm resting on his left shoulder and raising his right arm, and St Jude with his boat in his left hand. A mound rises behind these figures, on either side of which are seen four more apostles, the most prominent of which is St Bartholomew, holding a large knife in his left hand (his head is lost). Above in the centre is the lower part of the figure of Christ disappearing into clouds.
Colouring: The boulders on which the four front figures kneel still bear traces of the red rosettes that decorated them. Again on the mound above St John's head a red rose is distinguishable. Traces of the original gilding appear on St Jude's beard and hair, and elsewhere throughout the plaque.

Notes

History note: 18th May 1923: Collection of Mr Grosvenor Thomas (sale catalogue no. 291)

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Depth: 5 cm
Height: 42.4 cm
Width: 25.1 cm

Place(s) associated

Nottingham ⪼ Nottinghamshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

15th Century, Early#
Production date: circa AD 1420

Note

This panel may have formed part of an altarpiece comprising several alabaster reliefs of scenes from the life of Christ in a wooden frame.

School or Style

Gothic (Medieval)

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Decoration composed of paint gold

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Carving : Alabaster, carved in high relief, with traces of the original colour and gilding

References and bibliographic entries

Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Fifteenth Annual Report, 1923 page(s): p. 3
Art Bulletin, Vol. XXXII, 1950 page(s): pp. 1-25
Catalogue of an exhibition of English alabaster work, 26th May to 30th June 1910
English Medieval Alabsters with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum page(s): 288-93
Alabaster Images of Medieval England

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.3-1923
Primary reference Number: 31303
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_3_1923
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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