The Crucified Christ
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Not receiving at present
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This is an ivory figure made in the 14th century in France (Paris), representing The Crucified Christ. Ivory crucifix figures, undoubtedly once numerous, are now relatively rare. Despite the paucity of other examples, a date in the first quarter of the 14th century, perhaps around 1320, can be arrived at by comparison with a figure mounted on a silver and rock-crystal cross now in the Prado in Madrid. The present figure might have been mounted on an altar cross, but may have formed the central part of an ivory retable devoted to the Passion of Christ.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- A.21-1920
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
