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The Centurion and Two Soldiers, from a Crucifixion Group

ca. 1340–50
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
Said to have come from the collegiate church of Notre-Dame at Huy in Belgium, these figures were probably part of a large sculptural retable behind the altar. They are stylistically related to the marble Virgin and Child (see 24.215), ordered in 1345 for the church of Saint Catherine at Diest, Belgium.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Centurion and Two Soldiers, from a Crucifixion Group
  • Date: ca. 1340–50
  • Geography: Made in Meuse Valley, Netherlands
  • Culture: Franco-Netherlandish
  • Medium: Marble, gilding
  • Dimensions: Overall: 26 7/16 x 8 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (67.2 x 22.5 x 10.8 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: Gift of Archer M. Huntington, in memory of his father, Collis Potter Huntington, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.101.7
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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