Carving of the Flight into Egypt

Description

A polychrome figure sculpture in wood depicting the Flight into Egypt. Mary sits on a donkey carrying the Infant Jesus in her arms. The donkey is led by Joseph dressed in a brown tunic, a hood, hose and leather ankle boots. The base is a replacement. ?French.

Object data

Accession number

HCM 004

Creator

French (possibly)

Date made

15th century AD

Materials

Wood (polychromed)

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Provenance

File of material relating to a wooden group carving showing the flight into Egypt. Includes photocopy of object description sheet including sketch of object (date unspecified). Refers to Craggaunowen Castle, county Clare, and object was probably displayed there for a period of time; photocopy of photograph of object (date unspecified); Christmas card (date unspecified) with colour image of present object; Hunt Museum collection survey form (4 December 1996); transcription of extract from publication (c. 1994) by Mairead Dunlevy entitled 'An Post Yearbook' which describes the carving; photocopy of extract from publication by Gertrude Schiller, 'Iconography of Christian Art,' volume 1 (London, 1978) comprising image of painting of the flight into Egypt by Michael Pacher; photocopy of extract from unidentified publication (date unspecified) comprising image of sculpture of the flight into Egypt held by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; black and white photograph of the carving (date unspecified).

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Carving of the Flight into Egypt | Wood (polychromed) | 15th century AD | The Hunt Collection | PD

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