The Clumber Retable (The Baptism of Christ; The Crucifixion; The Nativity)
possibly Italian (Marchigian) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1430 - 1499
Materials
Oil on (?poplar) panel
Measurements
565 x 1127 mm (22 1/4 x 44 3/8 in) (Height in centre 30 3/8 in; 772 mm)
Place of origin
Marches
Order this imageCollection
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
NT 232572
Summary
Oil painting on (?poplar) panel, The Clumber Retable (The Baptism of Christ; The Crucifixion; The Nativity), Italian (Marchigian) School, mid-15th century. This 15th-century Italian retable, possibly by an artist from the Marche region in Italy, is unusual in showing three parts from the Life of Christ in one composition, from left to right: The Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan (with the Infant St John retiring in to the Wilderness in the background), The Crucifixion and The Nativity divided only by trees (so, not a triptych).
Provenance
Possibly bought by the 7th Duke of Newcastle (1864 - 1928) for the new Chapel (not in 1872 inventory for Clumber House) or his brother, Francis Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle (1866 - 1941); acquired with the Clumber Estate from Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle (1907-1988) in 1946
Credit line
Clumber Park, Duke of Newcastle Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly Italian (Marchigian) School, artist Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (San Giovanni Valdarno 1406 - Florence 1486), artist Italian School, artist