Wood Reliefs

Wood Reliefs, gilbert bayes, drawers, sculpture

  • 'The Coronation of the Virgin and Other Scenes', wood relief

    'The Coronation of the Virgin and Other Scenes', wood relief, about 1300-1400. Museum no. 918-1869

    'The Coronation of the Virgin and Other Scenes'
    From a diptych
    Wood relief
    England
    About 1300-1400
    Boxwood
    Museum no. 918-1869

    The scene with the Coronation of the Virgin includes St John the Baptist. Above (left, then clockwise) are the Ascension, Pentecost and scenes of the Legends of St Benedict and St Maur. The form of the object is close to that of contemporary ivory carvings.

     

     

  • 'The Virgin and Child', wood relief

    'The Virgin and Child', wood relief, about 1580-1600. Museum no. A.1059-1910

    'The Virgin and Child'
    Wood relief
    Southern Germany (possibly Augsburg)
    About 1580-1600
    Boxwood
    Museum no. A.1059-1910
    Purchased under the bequest of Captain H.B. Murray

    The robe of the Virgin is enhanced with seed pearls and red glass.

     

  • 'St Sebastian', relief

    'St Sebastian', relief, about 1680-1720. Museum no. A.10-1933

    'St Sebastian'
    Relief
    Southern Germany
    About 1680-1720
    Hornbeam
    Museum no. A.10-1933
    Given by Mr Louis Cutbill

    In Italy St Sebastian was bound to a column, but in northern Europe he was shown with a tree symbolising the Tree of Life. In many depictions he was pierced with arrows to evoke his first, miraculous escape from execution, but here the arrows are not shown.

  • 'Hercules and the Hydra', wood relief

    'Hercules and the Hydra', wood relief, about 1580. Museum no. A.25-1951

    'Hercules and the Hydra'
    Wood relief
    Germany (Augsburg)
    About 1580
    Boxwood
    Museum no. A.25-1951
    Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh FSA

    The subject formed part of the Twelve Labours that Hercules undertook as a penance for slaying his own children in a fit of madness. He killed the seven-headed monster by cutting off its heads, with the help of a companion who cauterised the wounds with a torch.

  • 'Unknown Man possibly George Washington', wood relief

    'Unknown Man possibly George Washington', wood relief, P.H. Leader, about 1790-1800. Museum no. A.24-1939

    'Unknown Man, possibly George Washington'
    Wood relief
    P.H. Leader
    England (London)
    About 1790-1800
    Boxwood
    Museum no. A.24-1939

    This is very similar to a Wedgwood medallion showing George Washington as first president of the United States.

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