Crozier of Abbot Erkanbald

before 1011

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Croziers—staffs shaped like shepherds’ crooks—are symbols of office for bishops and abbots. This example is a tour de force of narrative imagery depicting the Fall. On the stem and crook are a budding tree of twisted branches, Eve offering an apple, and Adam eating the forbidden fruit. The scene in the volute appears to show God condemning Adam after the Fall.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Exhibition History

Title: Crozier of Abbot Erkanbald
Date: before 1011
Culture: German (Hildesheim)
Medium: Silver with gilding
Dimensions: H.: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Dom-Museum Hildesheim (DS 7)
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters