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Fragment of a Crucifixion scene from a carved retable of the Passion of Christ: St. John, the Fainting Virgin, and Another Mourner
Fragment of a Crucifixion scene from a carved retable of the Passion of Christ: St. John, the Fainting Virgin, and Another Mourner

Fragment of a Crucifixion scene from a carved retable of the Passion of Christ: St. John, the Fainting Virgin, and Another Mourner

Datecirca 1520–1525
MediumCarved oak
Dimensions16 x 12 1/4 in. (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number61.1.4
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated Flanders [present day Belgium], ca. 1520–1525. Sold to NCMA, 1952.
Published References"A Note on the Pagny Retable," Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin (Autumn 1960), 37, 39, 41.

"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, October-December, 1961," The Art Quarterly (Spring 1962), 86, illus. 73.

"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 4, nos. 2 and 3 (Winter-Spring 1964), briefly discussed 9, listed 64, illus. (b-w) 42 (as The Fainting Mary).

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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