Goldsmith's Designs for Crucifixes (1)
Design for a crucifix decorated with c-volutes and rocaille ornaments. The crucufix is characterized by a snake holding an apple in his mouth on the top of the base of the crucifix. In the middle of the cross, a triangle (symbol for the Holy Trinity) is placed containing the 'all seeing eye'.
Artwork Details
- Title: Goldsmith's Designs for Crucifixes (1)
- Artist: Joseph Baumann (German, active in Augsburg ca. 1740–1750)
- Publisher: Martin Engelbrecht (German, Augsburg 1684–1756 Augsburg)
- Date: 1756 (before)
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 7/8 x 7 3/16 in. (27.7 x 18.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1959
- Object Number: 59.600.239(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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