Standing Figure

between 1470 and 1480

Master of the Arenberg Lamentation Netherlandish

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

Standing Figure: 1 of Collection Gallery

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About the Artwork

Bearded and turbaned, this figure gazes upwards while striding forward with his right leg. His right hand draws the skirt of his robe around him, partly concealing the pair of nails he holds in his left hand. This sculpture once belonged to a much larger figural composition, A Lamentation also in the collection of the DIA.

Long considered missing, he resurfaced in 2011 - exactly half a century after the Lamentation was acquired by the DIA. Carved almost fully in the round, the turbaned man was most likely not contigious to the main grouping which was carved in high relief. However, dendrochronological analysis, or tree-ring dating, indicates that they are from the same workshop and would have originally been grouped together in some fashion, as suggested by the strong stylistic parallels.

Title Standing Figure

Artwork Date between 1470 and 1480

Artist Master of the Arenberg Lamentation

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Netherlandish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oak

Dimensions Overall: 30 1/8 × 9 5/8 × 7 11/16 inches (76.5 × 24.5 × 19.5 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2012.9

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Provenance

Engelbert-Marie, 9th Duke of Arenberg [1872-1949] (Brussels, Belgium);
by descent to Engelbert-Charles, 10th Duke of Arenberg (Paris, France).
(Christie's) (London, England);
2012-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Darr, Alan Phipps, Yao-Fen You, and Megan Reddicks. “Recent Acquisitions (2007–15) of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts.” The Burlington Magazine 158 (June 2016): pp. 501–512; p. 502 (ill.).

You, Yao-Fen. “Another Piece of the Rogerian Puzzle: Recent Findings on the Arenberg Lamentation.” In Rogier van der Weyden y España: actas del congreso internacional/proceedings of the international symposium, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, mayo de 2015, ed. Lorne Campbell, José Juan Pérez Preciado. Madrid, 2016, pp. 77-87, (fig. 1).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Master of the Arenberg Lamentation, Standing Figure, between 1470 and 1480, oak. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, 2012.9.