Christ Showing His Wounds
May one see it?
Yes, receiving visitors
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
RoomMedieval & Renaissance, Room 64, The Wolfson Gallery
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This figure was produced as an aid to prayer and meditation, and this kind of realistic devotional image was very popular in the fifteenth century. The stigmata have small holes, some have pipes also inserted however others have been plugged. Liquid may once have been pumped through to give an appearance of blood, however it could also have been that thin wire was used to indicate the blood.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- A.76-1953
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
