Bishop
Henrik Douverman
c. 1520
Medium
oak
Dimensions
115; 26; 36
About this artwork
eikenhout
Art Historical Context
**Bishop** by Henrik Douverman, around 1520 from a single block of oak, stands at an impressive 115 cm tall, embodying the masterful Late Gothic sculpture of the Northern Renaissance. Douverman, a prolific Dutch artist active in the Low Countries, specialized in wooden religious figures for churches, often depicting saints and clergy with lifelike detail. This sculpture captures a bishop in ecclesiastical robes, likely intended for an altar or niche in a cathedral, reflecting the era's devotion to Catholic hierarchy amid brewing Reformation tensions. Oak, or *eikenhout* in Dutch, was the idea...