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The Trinity
1400-149921 1/4 x 10 15/16 x 1 13/16 in. (54 x 27.8 x 4.6 cm)
English artist
England
English, made in Nottingham
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Alabaster, traces of polychromy
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Oakman and Mrs. James Hammond MacVeagh
Accession Number:
1937.3
Location: Currently on view
Flanked by angels carrying censers, God the Father makes the sign of benediction. Angels gather blood from Christ’s wounds into chalices, emphasizing the liturgical significance of the scene. The dove representing the Holy Ghost has been lost. This piece was originally polychromed, or painted, and formed the central element of an elaborate altarpiece.
[Gallery label text, June 2013]
[Gallery label text, June 2013]
Provenance
?Yerkes collection [per donors; presumably Charles Tyson Yerkes, but this piece does not appear in Yerkes sales catalogues]; purchased from them by Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Oakman; bequeathed to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oakman and Mrs. James Hammond MacVeagh, Cazenovia, NY; their gift to the Gallery in 1937
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- A Group of Old Master Paintings 1/16/1948 - 2/8/1948
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Walsh, David. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 40-41
- Article Title: An English Alabaster Panel of the 15th Century. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Issue Date: November 1937. Page Number: 3-4
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Author: Walsh, David A.. Article Title: An English Alabaster of the Trinity. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 4 Issue Date: 1981. Page Number: 14-23
- Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Art News.
- Article Author: Tavender, Augusta S.. Article Title: Mediaeval English Alabasters in American Museums. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Speculum: A Journal of Mediaeval Studies. Cambridge, MA: Mediaeval Academy of America Volume Number: 30, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: January 1955. Page Number: 69, Figure Number: 51
- Annual Report. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Scene. Rochester, NY: Arts & Cultural Council, 1969-1976.
- Article Author: Ward, Susan Leibacher. Article Scope: Discussion and reproduction. Joan A. Holladay and Susan L. Ward. Gothic Sculpture in America. New York, NY: International Center of Medieval Art, 1989. Volume Number: 3 Page Number: 153-154, Figure Number: 89
- Article Author: Ward, Susan Leibacher. Article Title: Who Sees Christ? An Alabaster Panel of the Mass of St. Gregory. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Sarah Blick, ed. Push Me, Pull You: Imaginative and Emotional Interaction in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2011. Page Number: 372-373, Figure Number: 10.10
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