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The Crucifixion

CultureBelgian
Date1360-1380
MediumIvory
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/16 × 3 1/16 inches (10.32 × 7.78 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number51-10
On View
Not on view
Gallery Location
  • 106
DescriptionRight half of diptych. Scene under four Gothic arches. Four figures each side of Crucified. Angels with sun and moon in upper corners.Gallery Label

The 13th and 14th centuries brought an increased demand for objects to adorn private places of worship, such as consecrated chapels in both domestic and public settings. 

These three intricately carved ivory panels are the right halves of two-panel devotional objects, called diptychs.  They depict the Crucifixion of Christ, a popular subject matter for ivory diptychs.  In all three, the scene is set within a framework of Gothic architectural elements, including trefoil and pointed arches.  Finely formed details in the ivory emphasize the figures' mournful expressions and ornately draped robes. 

Provenance

Émile Baboin (1860-1930), Lyons, France;

 

E. Poehl, by March 13, 1951;

 

Purchased from Poehl, through R. Stora and Co., by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1951 [1].

 

NOTES:

 

[1] Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Raphael Stora Art Galleries Stock Sheets, box 1, folder 3.

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