Carved with a complex arrangement of biblical scenes, divided in the centre by the seated figure of a man beneath a tree, flanked on the left by a standing, old bearded man (Moses) of the old dispensation, and on the right by a younger, bearded man (John the Baptist) of the new dispensation, all issuing banderoles with inscriptions, carved to the proper left end of the panel with Adam & Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, Moses and the Tablets of the Law, the brazen serpent set up before the Tents of the Israelites, and to the right with the Crucifixion, angels with banderoles appearing to the shepherds guarding their sheep and, to the far right, Christ rising from the tomb of the soldier, lacking pilasters at ends and rails at top and bottom, some repairs and replacements, 127cm wide x 3cm deep x 53cm high, (50in wide x 1in deep x 20 1/2in high)
Carved with a complex arrangement of biblical scenes, divided in the centre by the seated figure of a man beneath a tree, flanked on the left by a standing, old bearded man (Moses) of the old dispensation, and on the right by a younger, bearded man (John the Baptist) of the new dispensation, all issuing banderoles with inscriptions, carved to the proper left end of the panel with Adam & Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, Moses and the Tablets of the Law, the brazen serpent set up before the Tents of the Israelites, and to the right with the Crucifixion, angels with banderoles appearing to the shepherds guarding their sheep and, to the far right, Christ rising from the tomb of the soldier, lacking pilasters at ends and rails at top and bottom, some repairs and replacements, 127cm wide x 3cm deep x 53cm high, (50in wide x 1in deep x 20 1/2in high)
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.jpg "Source: Christie's")
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