A late 16th century carved oak panel of the Crucifixion, just before the Deposition, of Christ, Flemish/German


The crucified Christ beneath a banner carved 'I.N.R.I.', and a sun and a moon, angels hovering beneath his arms catching the blood from his wrist in cups, Mary Magdalene kneeling at the base of the cross and reaching for his feet, the Virgin swooning to her right, all in a rocky landscape, a skull in the foreground, later framed, overall 60cm wide x 3.5cm deep x 70.5cm high, (23 1/2in wide x 1in deep x 27 1/2in high) 43cm wide x 53cm high excluding frame