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Pleurant
French (Rhône Valley)
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1475–1500
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Stone; limestone with traces of yellow bole and polychromy
Dimensions
23.2 x 12.2 x 11.1 cm (9 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number67.764
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
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.