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| Keywords: English - Resurrection - Walters 27308 - Detail A.jpg In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries alabaster was a popular sculptural material in England where it was in plentiful supply The soft texture of the stone makes it easy to carve and the translucent qualities of the surface offer an almost glowing beauty well suited to church decoration Panels of carved and painted alabaster were pieced together to create large altar frontals often showing scenes of the Passion of Christ or the Life of the Virgin These altarpieces were made at workshops in Nottingham in the region where the alabaster was quarried and could be used in local churches or exported to continental Europe This dramatic panel showing the moment of Christ's Resurrection exemplifies the detail and texture that could be achieved by sculptors working in alabaster In this exquisitely refined carving even very shallow relief can suggest a decided sense of depth by depicting overlapping forms The soldiers in front are in front of the open tomb which is in front of other sleeping soldiers The figure of the risen Christ is carved with such subtlety that even the fabric of his mantle appears soft As Christ steps from the tomb his foot rests so gently on the sleeping soldier that he doesn't even wake between 1450 1490 Late Medieval alabaster traces of paint cm 49 5 27 9 5 9 accession number 27 308 1198 In the Chateau de Bruniquel Tarn et Garonne France Mme d'Ouvrier de Villyby Paris by purchase Ferdinand Schutz Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 place of origin Nottingham England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum English medieval alabasters Reliefs of the Resurrection of Christ 15th-century reliefs | ||||
