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Crucifix
Probably Rhenish or Mosan 12th Centuryc. 1150/1175
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Crucifix
- Creator: Probably Rhenish or Mosan 12th Century
- Date Created: c. 1150/1175
- Physical Dimensions: overall (cross): 28.9 x 20.8 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.) overall (corpus): 15.3 x 15.8 cm (6 x 6 1/4 in.) overall (cross height with base): 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Rodolphe Kann, Paris, before 1907, as "made on the banks of the Rhine," twelfth century;[1] (Duveen Brothers, London or New York), 1908; purchased 2 October 1908 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, as Rhenish, twelfth century; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942. [1] _Catalogue of the Rodolphe Kann Collection: Objets d'Art, I. Middle Ages and Renaissance_ (Paris, 1907), (Objets d'Art section by Jules Mannheim), 49, n. 63. The year of Kann's death is given as either 1905 or 1907, depending on the source.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: gilded copper alloy with champlevé enamel, one jasper stone, and glass
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