The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Plaque: The Crucifixion and Virgin and Child with Angels
c. 1250–70
Overall: 12.7 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm (5 x 3 x 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.437
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
Description
This elegant panel once served as the center of an ivory triptych. Set into an intricate architectural frame that recalls Gothic forms, the figures are carved in three-quarter relief, suggesting free-standing sculptures placed in niches. Below, two standing angels bearing candles flank an elegant Virgin and Child. Above, the crucified Christ is shown tormented by the Roman soldiers Longinus and Stephaton, who flank him on either side.- "An Ivory From the Atelier of the Soissons Diptych." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 7 (July 1929): 123-125 Mentioned: p. 123-125; Reproduced: inside cover www.jstor.org
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.437