This relief depicts an episode from Christ’s final appearance, following the Resurrection, when he revealed himself to the apostles gathered in prayer. The work is stylistically related to the reliefs in the choir of the church of Notre-Dame at Hal, Belgium, which are dated 1409.
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Title:Apostles in Prayer
Date:ca. 1400–1410
Culture:South Netherlandish
Medium:Oak
Dimensions:without base: 19 5/16 × 12 7/8 × 4 3/8 in. (49.1 × 32.7 × 11.1 cm) with base: 21 1/8 in. × 16 in. × 5 1/8 in. (53.6 × 40.7 × 13 cm)
Classification:Sculpture-Wood
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
Object Number:16.32.214
Georges Hoentschel (French); J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)
Walters Art Gallery. "The International Style: the arts in Europe around 1400," October 23–December 2, 1962.
University Park, PA. Palmer Museum of Art. "Medieval Art in America: Patterns of Collecting, 1800–940," January 9, 1996–May 26, 1996.
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Scholten, Frits. 1100-1600. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2015. p. 67, fig. 16A.
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