Lot 65: Circle of Jacques Dubroeucq (c. 1505-1584) Flemish, 16th century , Pietà alabaster, on a wood base

alabaster, on a wood base

measurements note overall: 62cm., 24¼in.

Several elements of the present Pieta suggest that its maker was at least influenced by Dubroeucq's work in alabaster. The body and treatment of the face of Christ are for instance reminiscent of St Hydulfe in the Retabel of St. Waudru in Aldegonde and Christ seated in Beloeil. The half-relief carving of the present group is consistent with the sculptural decorations of altars, niches and roodscreens in which Dubroeucq specialised.

RELATED LITERATURE
R. Didier, Jacques Dubroeucq. Sculpteur et maître-artiste de l'empereur, Brussels, 2000, pl. 50 and pp. 221-2, no. B, fig. 139