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The Suffering and Death of Christ in 15th Century Relief Carving

by David Clayton on March 30, 2013 · 0 comments

Following on from last week’s relief carvings of the Entry in Jerusalem, here are some images relating to the Passion: two Western 15th century relief carvings appropriate for Easter – the crucifixion and a deposition; and late gothic painting of…

Statue of St Nicholas

by David Clayton on December 6, 2012 · 0 comments

For the feast of St Nicholas, here is an unusual representation of the saint. It comes from the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts. It is not generally part of the iconographic tradition to have sculpture, although relief carving…