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CERCLE DE JACQUES DU BRŒUCQ (1505-1584), FLANDRES, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XVIE SIÈCLE

Lot 15
21.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 15 | CERCLE DE JACQUES DU BRŒUCQ (1505-1584), FLANDRES, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XVIE SIÈCLE
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€ 20 000 – 30 000
CERCLE DE JACQUES DU BRŒUCQ (1505-1584), FLANDRES, SECONDE MOITIÉ DU XVIE SIÈCLE
Flagellation du Christ
albâtre sculpté en haut relief, surmonté de deux reliefs en albâtre représentant saint Paul et saint André, les trois plaques montées en retable dans un cadre en bois doré postérieur
Le retable : 135 cm (53 ¼ in.) x 64,5 cm (25 ½ in.)
La Flagellation : 37 cm (14 ½ in.) x 32 cm (12 ½ in.)
Saint Paul et saint André, chacun : 23 cm (9 in.) x 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)




Provenance

Pierre-François Blondel (1817-1854) et son épouse Marie Guillochin (décédée en 1876), Mons, Belgique ;
Puis par descendance jusqu’à nos jours.



Literature

BIBLIOGRAPHIE COMPARATIVE
R. Didier, Jacques Du Brœucq, sculp­­teur et maître-artiste de l’ Empereur, 1500/1510–1584, Bruxelles, 2000.
A. Lipińska, Wewnętrzne światło : południowoniderlandzka rzeźba alabastrowa w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej, Wrocław, 2007.



Further Details

A CARVED ALABASTER LOW RELIEF PLAQUE REPRESENTING THE FLAGELLATION TOGETHER WITH TWO ALABASTER PLAQUES REPRESENTING SAINT PAUL AND SAINT ANDREW, CERCLE OF JACQUES DU BROEUCQ, FLEMISH, SECONF HALF 16TH CENTURY, MOUNTED IN A LATER GILTWOOD ALTARPIECE

The Mannerist style of the figures in this relief of the Flagellation of Christ places it in the flourishing corpus of the Flemish Renaissance, during which the use of alabaster underwent a revival. This soft rock made it possible to achieve great finesse in the carving, as well as a certain transparency. As far as the purpose of the relief is concerned, its format and iconography make it highly likely to be at the heart of a complete programme depicting the episodes of the Passion of Christ. It may well have been intended to adorn the predella of a monumental altarpiece, unlike its current presentation as a domestic altarpiece.

Two illustrious architects and sculptors, Jacques Du Brœucq (1505-1584) and his Antwerp contemporary Cornelis Floris (1514-1575), helped to spread the Italian style in mid-16th-century Flanders. While Du Brœucq was creating the prodigious rood screen for the collegiate church of Sainte-Wandru in Mons, which has now disappeared, a few years later the Antwerp-born Cornelis Floris was creating the epitaph for Antona von Schauenburga in Cologne. Beyond the use of alabaster and the demonstration of its plastic richness, these exceptional works share a canon combining antique precepts and Flemish culture. The elongated figures add dynamism to the scenes, giving them theatricality and humanity, like the figures in our Flagellation.

Thanks to the high quality of its execution, the modernity of its treatment and the use of alabaster, our relief exemplifies Flemish Renaissance sculpture and is part of the corpus of works from Du Brœucq's circle. What's more, the vitality of the figures' movements, particularly the detail of the symbolic positioning of a soldier's foot on that of Christ, proves the artist's mastery and narrative talent.

The altarpiece comes from the collection of Pierre-François Blondel (1817-1854) and his wife Marie Guillochin (who died in 1876) in Mons, Belgium. The Blondels had been oil-makers since at least the 17th century, but Pierre-François did not join the family industry and turned to the law, becoming avocat général at the Douai court.
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