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Plaque: Christ Carrying the Cross

c. 1480–1500

Germany, Lower Rhine, late 15th Century

Medium
ivory with traces of color and gold, mounted in silver frame
Measurements
Overall: 12.6 x 9 cm (4 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.6
Public Domain
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Location
109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
Print
A finely carved ivory plaque, encased in a thin silver frame, depicts Christ stooped under a wooden cross. He leans forward, flanked by a dense crowd; one man leads with a rope while a hooded figure reaches toward the cross from the right. A walled castle crowns a hill in the upper background. Gold highlights accent the creamy surface, while fine vertical lines striate the deep, expressive relief.

Plaque: Christ Carrying the Cross

c. 1480–1500

Germany, Lower Rhine, late 15th Century

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