Pair of polychromed and gilded wooden sculptured panels: a. Judith with the head of Holefernes, b. The Sacrifice of Isaac Artist, circle of: Alonso Berruguete (Spanish, 1486–1561)

1553

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By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Gilded and polychromed wood

Dimensions

a: 20 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (52.2 × 29.4 cm)
b: 20 5/8 × 11 15/16 in. (52.4 × 30.3 cm)

Credit Line

University Purchase

Accession Number

1956.27.8.a-b

Culture

Spanish

Period

16th century

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
Acquired by Rodriquez y Jiménez from a church in Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Spain; Rodriquez y Jiménez, Calle del Prado, 15, Madrid, Spain (–1956); Purchased for the Yale University Art Gallery by John Hoag, Instructor of the History of Art (4,000 pesetas, July 1956)
Bibliography
  • Suzanne L. Stratton, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500–1800 in United States Collections, exh. cat. (New York: The Spanish Institute, 1993), 158, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

1956.27.8.a: "ANO DOMI 1553"

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