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Mary, St John and St Mary Magdalene
(c. 1470)
- Medium
- polychromed limewood
- Measurements
- 125.3 × 93.9 × 37.6 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Germany
- Accession Number
- 4790-D3
- Department
- International Sculpture
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1941
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 14th - 16th Century Gallery - Painting & Decorative Arts
Level 1, NGV International - About this work
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A high demand for sculpture in the wealthy towns of Bavaria, Franconia and Swabia, and others along the Rhine, drove a flourishing local industry in carved limewood. Carved crucifixion scenes were popular for domestic as well as Church settings. This group of holy figures is in the style of the Swabian sculptor Hans Multscher, an artist who translated the new naturalism of Netherlandish artists into wood and stone. This naturalism is seen in the crumpling body of the grieving Virgin and in the poignant efforts of Mary’s companions to steady her.