Hispano-Flemish School; Late 15th century. "Crucifixion". Polychrome... Lot 19

Hispano-Flemish School; Late 15th century. "Crucifixion". Polychrome oak wood. Attached temporary export permit issued in 2022 and study by Don francisco Javier Montalvo Martín. It presents losses of the phalanges of all the fingers in both hands, except those of the thumbs. The cross is from a later period. Measurements: 150 x 120 x 32 cm. Round sculptural work representing Christ Crucified. The figure of Jesus is shown already dead with a stark anatomy; nailed with three nails; the head slightly inclined towards his right side; the large purity cloth, with abundant broken folds, is knotted on his right hip leaving one of its ends to fall. The head is oval in shape, with long, wavy hair, which falls over his right shoulder, with a crown of thorns braided in large skeins on his forehead, closed eyes, almost straight eyebrows, long nose, small mouth and a sharp beard. His canon is elongated, the torso of which clearly marks the ribs; and the limbs are rather slender, with the hands tending to close, and the feet crossed. From a stylistic point of view, this is a late Gothic sculpture, as evidenced by the marked thinness of Christ, the forced curvature of the feet, the dramatism of the face, and the large size of the cloth of purity, with abundant broken folds, as features typical of a late Gothic language. In this sense, it must have been made at the end of the 15th century in Flanders, or perhaps in Spain, following the Flemish aesthetic, which can be seen above all in the skein-like shape of the crown of thorns, the expression of the face, and the broad purity cloth with many hard, broken folds. In any case, this is a splendid Hispano-Flemish Crucified Christ, of considerable size, which stands out for its good state of preservation, the expressiveness of the face, the treatment of the hair, and the originality of the purity cloth, with its ample, airy folds, as can be seen in other Flemish examples of the time, both in painting and sculpture.