Romanesque Christ polychrome wood sculpture Burgundy. 12th century.

Important and rare romanesque Christ in polychrome walnut wood. This large crucified Christ from a village in Burgundy is unpublished and is a significant piece in the corpus of Romanesque sculpture in Burgundy because its geographical origin is known. The head with the beautiful hieratic face, surrounded by a crown with traces of gilding is in a frontal position. The chest is weakly marked, above a perizonium revealing the knees. The legs are parallel and rest on the suppedaneum. The village of origin of our sculpture is within a radius of less than 20km from the virgins of Nolay, Anzy-le-Duc and Lantenay with strong plastic similarities with these 3 works, leading us to date this Christ from the end of the 12th century.

This unpublished Romanesque sculpture is a recent discovery, coming from a private collection with acquisition at the beginning of the 20th century from an antique dealer in Anzy-le-Duc. It presents stabilized xylophagous attacks as well as old restorations and filling of cracks. Traces of polychromy and gilding are still visible.
The complete file and the precise provenance will be communicated to the purchaser.
Related works: virgins of Nolay (museum of Beaune), Arnay-le-Duc (museum of Beaune) and Lantenay (museum of Sacred Art of Dijon).
Books consulted: Romanesque wood sculpture in Burgundy, Styles, techniques, restoration, Nadia Bertoni-Cren Stephane Cren, 2020.

Origin: Côte d'Or, Burgundy, France

Medium: walnut wood

Size: H:101cm

Period: 12th century

Condition: Missing and restorations

Price: on demand

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