Medieval Art & Manuscripts
Plaque: The Crucifixion
MetalworkReligious ArtIvory & Enamel
Details
- Author / creator
- France or England, Gothic period, 14th century
- Object type
- Decorative arts
- Date or period
- c. 1345–1365
- Dimensions summary
- without base: 10.8 × 6.6 cm
- Place of origin
- France or England
- Acquisition method
- Donation
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hartley Bequest, 1947
- Text
- Unidentified text
- Script
- Gothic textualis
- Language
- Latin
- Image rights
- Public domain (CC0)
About this object
This plaque, once the right wing of a diptych (two-paneled carving), was slightly altered during its history by carving an arc into the sides, perhaps to force it into a frame. The silver base, added after 1919, is signed: "M. Bucellati, Milano, Roma, Firenze."
Materials and technique
Ivory, mounted in a silver stand (after 1919)
Signature and marks
engraved on bottom of later silver base: M. Buccellati, Milano, Roma, Firenza.
