Joseph of Arimathea from a Deposition Group

ca. 1125–50

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

This group probably originates from a reliquary chasse or altarpiece. The English attribution is based upon comparisons with excavated metalwork and manuscript illuminations. Most English metalwork was melted down as a result of the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 and the rise of Puritanism in the 1600s.

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Title: Joseph of Arimathea from a Deposition Group
Date: ca. 1125–50
Culture: British (?)
Medium: Copper alloy, gilt
Dimensions: Overall: 3 7/16 x 1 x 13/16 in. (8.8 x 2.6 x 2 cm)
As Deposition Group: 4 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7/8 in. (12.3 x 9.1 x 2.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.769
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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