16th century German school. Alabaster bas-relief depicting a sculpted group of figures, four of them kneeling in prayer, the fifth standing, headless and draped, with his right hand on his shoulder. This is probably part of a sacra conversazione; a holy figure introducing the commissioners of the work to the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. Germany, first half of the 16th century. 36 x 35 x 9 cm. Dimensions with base: 50 x 38 x 11 cm. Misses and accidents. Bibliography: Marian Debaene, Alabaster sculpture in Europe 1300-1650, Harvey Miller Publishers, 2022.