Pleurant
Unidentified artist, French
about 1475–1500
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueStone; limestone with traces of yellow bole and polychromy
Dimensions23.2 x 12.2 x 11.1 cm (9 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number67.764
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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This figure of a monk covers his face in grief, his heavy drapery conveying the weight of his sorrow. Large sculptures of mourners decorated tombs, creating a kind of perpetual funeral procession accompanying the effigy of the deceased. This small figure may also have been part of a tomb ensemble or, more likely, was a private, commemorative work.
ProvenanceBy 1931, Bela Hein (dealer; b. 1883 - d. 1931), Hein Antiquités, Paris [see note 1]; by inheritance to his widow, Rickel Hein (dealer, b. 1897 - d. about 1977/1980), Paris; 1967, sold by Rickel Hein to the MFA. (Accession Date: Sept 13, 1967) NOTES:
[1] According to the September 8, 1967 acquisition recommendation from Hanns Swarzenski, Hein acquired the sculpture in Avignon.
Unidentified artist, Italian (Florentine), 15th century
about 1480–1500
