The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Fragment of a Band with Three Crosses of the Crucifixion
1700s
Overall: 29.2 x 26 cm (11 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)
Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones 1919.746
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this work, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.Description
The three crosses on a hill depicted in this piece of lace reference Golgotha or Calvary, the hill upon which Jesus was crucified. The ladder resting against the central cross suggests the Deposition of Christ. The scene is ensconced within a decorative scallop, imitative of lace and tassels, perhaps indicating that the larger piece from which this fragment was cut included a series of scenes from the Passion of Christ.- Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones (Mrs. Henry White Cannon)
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 10 (1919): 162. Mentioned: p. 162 www.jstor.org
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