IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 98848 accession number: M.2-2004 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 8 March 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Alabaster, carved in high relief, painted in red, brown, and black, and gilded. Rectangular. Two angels kneeling on the bottom edge, hold up a circular dish bearing St John the Baptist's head in a vertical position. He has a long ringlet on each side of his face, and a beard divided into six ringlets, two small on either side of two large. He looks downwards, drawing his eyebrows together in a slight frown, and has a long straight nose, and a half open mouth with six prominent teeth. His lips are reddened and his hair and beard are gilded. The inner and outer edges of the rim of the dish are banded in red. The angels have gilded hair, remnants of gilding on their collars, and gold wings with black tear-shaped spots. The triangular areas on each side of the dish at the top are painted red, and the area below the dish is black. The reverse has three holes, one of which has remains of wire for suspension, possibly of latten, and one later suspension ring cemented in near the top object type: Relief of the head of John the Baptist on a dish, alabaster, carved in high relief,with remnants of painting in red, brown, and black, and gilding title: relief NOTES ----- type: history note value: Munich, Hampel Kunstauktionen München, 19-20 September, 2004, Katalog der grossen Herbst-Auktion 2003, lot 1950 (hammer price 17.500 Euros plus 23% commission and VAT); Albrecht Neuhaus, a Würzberg-based dealer from whom purchased by the vendor, Daniel Katz Ltd., 13 Old Bond Street, London, W15 4SX, from whom purchased LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Purchased with the Boscawen Fund, and with grants from the National Art Collections Fund, and the MLA/Victoria and Alber Museum Purchased Frant Fund STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/98848 PEOPLE ------------------- John the Baptist SUBJECTS ------------------- head dish head dish TECHNIQUES ---------- alabaster carved in high relief, with remnants of painting in red, brown, and black, and gilding carving CATEGORIES ------ category: sculpture DATING ------ creation date: 1450 - 1500 creation date earliest: 1450 creation date latest: 1500 culture: 15th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 29 dimension: Width units: cm value: 23.5 CITATIONS -------- Die Bildwerke der fürstlich Hohenzollernschen Sammlung Sigmaringen Events, disposals, awards, acquisitions and information for museums and galleries Grants Highlights The Fitzwilliam Museum Review 2002-2004 2004 Review, The Annual Report of the National Art Collections Fund Medieval Alabasters, With a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum The Alabaster Men; Sacred Images from Medieval England Some Unpublished Alabaster Carvings (1925) The Adler Collection, European Sculpture, Works of Art and Early Furniture The Neutelings Collection. 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