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Hans Thoman (active 1510–30), “God The Father and Christ,” Southeastern Swabia, Memmingen, circa 1510–25, limewood.

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ROMANESQUE, GOTHIC SCULPTURE AT SAM FOGG JUNE 14

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LONDON — Sam Fogg will present an exhibition, “Romanesque and Gothic Sculpture,” comprising carvings in wood, stone, marble and alabaster dating from the Eleventh to the Sixteenth Centuries, at his gallery at 15d Clifford Street, from Thursday, June 14 to Friday, July 13.

The exhibition is staged as part of London Sculpture Week, which is being held for the fourth time from June 14 to 22, when many London dealers feature a wide variety of sculpture dating from antiquity to the present day.

This will also be Sam Fogg’s fourth medieval sculpture exhibition. It will focus on the period when the Romanesque and then the Gothic styles prevailed in Western Europe, a formative time in the development of European sculpture as a whole, which saw the emergence of “sculpture in the round,” i.e., freestanding sculpture independent of any architectural structure.

Spanning over 500 years, the exhibition is broad in scope showing a diverse array of sculpture from a wide geographical area. Surviving often in a fragmentary state, these works of art are to be presented in a new light, independent of their original setting.

Fogg will exhibit a piece from the collection of William Randolph Hearst, a monumental early Sixteenth Century bronze lectern, from Belgium, Dinant or Meuse valley.

Another German wood sculpture of note is a standing “Virgin and Child” carved in the round by an artist close to the German sculptor Gregor Erhart (1465–1540), Augsburg, circa 1495.

Other sculptures in the round include a Thirteenth Century stone relief showing the “Presentation,” with the Virgin Mary handing the Christ Child to the priest for circumcision.

For additional information, www.londonsculptureweek.com, 20 7534 2100 or www.samfogg.com.