Roundel with the Resurrection

Roundel with the Resurrection is a religious painting dated to 1485. The work is attributed to an anonymous hand, as indicated by its classification in the corpus and its entry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection. It was created in the late fifteenth century and depicts a soldier in a devotional scene of the Resurrection.

The piece entered the Met’s holdings at an undocumented date and has remained in the museum’s collection since. No further records of prior owners or commissioning details are available in the supplied sources.

Roundel with the Resurrection is a 1485 religious painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, created by an anonymous hand; the work belongs to the painting genre and portrays a soldier within a resurrection scene, reflecting devotional themes of late‑medieval art.

As an anonymous piece from the late fifteenth century, it exemplifies the devotional roundels produced by workshops for private contemplation, situating it within the broader trajectory of European sacred imagery and highlighting the museum's role in preserving such lesser‑known works.

Roundel with the Resurrection, an anonymous early Netherlandish panel dated to 1485, entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it is displayed as part of the museum’s medieval holdings. Its depiction of a soldier in a resurrection scene has been referenced in scholarship as an example of devotional imagery that blends narrative detail with symbolic meaning. Because the work is part of a major public collection, it has informed studies of late‑15th‑century religious painting and contributed to broader interpretations of resurrection motifs in European art.

The panel’s provenance and stylistic characteristics continue to be cited in academic discussions of anonymous masters active in the Low Countries.

This circular painting depicts the Resurrection of Christ. A central robed figure, identified by a halo, stands triumphantly above an open tomb. Below, three armored soldiers are shown startled and disoriented on the ground.

The composition is framed by a dark border accented with gold, while a sparse landscape featuring a tree and a building provides a simple backdrop to the dramatic event.