This group is comprised of 21 objects. An English alabaster relief of the Lamentation and a northern Netherlandish Madonna and Child carved in wood are from the late medieval period, as are a mid-15th century Palmesel from Austria and two Spanish Romanesque figures. The reliefs attributed to the workshop of Benedetto da Maiano, the circle of Jacopo Sansovino and Giovanni di Minelli de' Bardi pose interesting questions for students engaged in questions of authorship, while Sextus Tarquinius Threatening Lucretia by the Dutchman Hubert Gerhard is one of several variants in American collections. A terracotta by the Flemish sculptor Michiel van der Voort I shows the influence of Michelangelo and Rubens. A pair of small bronzes by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi are small versions of Morning and Evening made by Michelangelo for the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. In addition, the Chazen possesses a fine example of German baroque sculpture in polychrome lindenwood, a very fine cast silver corpus of the Crucified Christ, and a marble relief after François Duquesnoy.

Listen to an interview with curator Maria Saffiotti Dale about two 16th century carved wooden angels. View image.

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