Pleurant
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
Collections
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.
NOTES:
[1] According to the September 8, 1967 acquisition recommendation from Hanns Swarzenski, Hein acquired the sculpture in Avignon.
first half 15th century
end of 13th century
about 1415
1310–20
early 14th century
third quarter of 14th century
9th century
15th century
14th century
about 1480–1500
About 1460–70