Carving of the Head of John the Baptist
Artist: English
Location: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1475 - 1525
Materials: alabaster
Dimensions: 30 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,287 (Total: £9,150)
Vendor: Ronald A Lee
Review number: 3137 (1985)
Provenance:
Ronald Lee.
Description:
The severed head of John the Baptist is on a dish in the middle of the panel. On either side are figures of St Peter and St Thomas a Becket, above two angels support St John's soul in a mandorla, below is Christ the Man of Sorrows. Such heads were usually a single object for domestic devotion, rather than as part of an altarpiece. Two holes in the back suggest it was fixed by latten wires to a small wooden cupboard for display.
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