Vesperbild (Pietà)
c. 1515–20
Master of Rabenden
Master of Rabenden (German)
Medieval Art
Vesperbild (Pietà), c. 1515–20. Master of Rabenden (German). Lindenwood, polychromed and gilded ; overall: 89.1 x 78.7 x 32.4 cm (35 1/16 x 31 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.294 This sculpture sensitively depicts the Virgin cradling the body of Christ. This devotional image was likely placed near the altar in a German chapel. Imagine standing in a small, quiet chapel looking up at these lifelike figures with flickering candles casting dappled light onto their surface.
- Maker/Artist
- Master of Rabenden
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- lindenwood, polychromed and gilded
- Medium
- lindenwood, polychromed, gilded
- Dimensions
- Overall: 89.1 x 78.7 x 32.4 cm (35 1/16 x 31 x 12 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1938.294
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 111 German and Austrian Gothic
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