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Christ on the Cross

Christ on the Cross

Date: 1125–50
Geography: Made in Tyrol or Salzburg (?), Austria
Culture: Austrian
Medium: Limewood (corpus); spruce with traces of paint (cross)
Dimensions: Overall (Cross with base): 37 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 9 in. (95 x 59 x 22.9 cm) Cross & corpus without base: 33 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (85 x 59 x 9.4 cm) Corpus only: 19 15/16 x 17 9/16 x 3 1/8 in. (50.6 x 44.6 x 7.9 cm) Cross only: 33 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 9/16 in. (85 x 59 x 1.5 cm) base only: 3 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 9 in. (10 x 30 x 22.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Wood
Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1984
Accession Number: 1984.129
On view in Gallery 004
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His eyes open, the living Christ is shown here on the cross, symbolizing his victory over death. The Romanesque figure style retains elements of 11th-century Ottonian art, especially the tendency to organize the anatomical forms economically, with planar simplicity and linear clarity.
  • Provenance

    Innsbrucker Kunstgewerbem (1884) ; Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum ; Dr. Peter Hierzenberger ; Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. , London (April 3, 1984, no. 30)

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