A Huge Christ of Pity, Normandy circa 1480

A rare and large Christ of pity, or Christ in bonds.
Jesus is sitting on a rock, stripped of his clothes, awaiting his execution. Monoxyle Ash wood carved in the round. Traces of polychromy. Damages and missing details.
Normandy, circa 1480.
Provenance: Dodier collection, Avranches. ref: published in Jacqueline Boccador’s book ‘Statuaire médiévale en France de 1400 à 1530’, les clefs du temps, Suisse, 1974, fig. 267.
A micrographic analysis was carried out by xylodata in 2015. The work also has an export certificate for cultural property, issued in May 2015. Very fine quality; of museum value.
Height: 1,16m