LAMENTATION OVER THE DEAD CHRIST
Artist Leonard Astl
active in Upper Austria between 1505 and 1523
Date early 16th century
Object type relief
Medium, technique carved and painted limewood Dimensions 73 x 107 x 20 cm
with base: 77.5 × 108 × 20 cm Inventory number 52.968
Collection Sculptures
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor, European Sculpture 1350-1800, Gallery 1
The sculptor Leonard Astl ran a workshop between 1505 and 1523 in the city of Gmunden, Upper Austria. His name (signature) was engraved in a relief of the Marian Altar in Hallstatt (Austria), one of the most significant carved altarpieces in Late Gothic art. Based on a style analysis of the altar, several sculptures could be identified as Astl’s work, influenced by the Danube School of contemporary South German painting. In the Budapest group, the locks of hair and the oval and angular face of Saint John the Evangelist in the background are indicative of Astl’s carving style.
References
Balogh, Jolán, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, IV – XVIII.
Jahrhundert: 1. Textband Bd. 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1975, p. 229., no. 333.
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