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Norbert Jopek, <u>German Sculpture 1430-1540-A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>, London, 2002,  cat. no. 3. Stephanie Daussy, 'Les sculpteurs Amienois actifs a Saint-Jaques de Folleville', in <u>Bulletin de la Societe d' Emulation d'Abbeville</u>, vol. XXIX, 2002, pp. 253-268."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jopek, Norbert. <u>German Sculpture 1430-1540, A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. London, 2002, pp. 34-35, cat.no. 3."}],"production":"Northern France\r\nThis group which must have formed part of an altarpiece of the Passion of Christ, was originally acquired as German, early 16th century. 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