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Crozier with Lamb of God

ca. 1360–1400
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 14
The crozier was the pastoral staff based on the shepherd's crook and carried by bishops, abbots, and abbesses. This example belongs to a group of objects made in northern Italy. This crozier was originally made in sections with threaded ends. The three sections here have been damaged and repaired and are no longer separable. There may have been a fourth section, which is now lost.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Crozier with Lamb of God
  • Date: ca. 1360–1400
  • Geography: Made in possibly the Lagoon destrict of Venice, Italian
  • Culture: North Italian
  • Medium: Bone with paint and gold
  • Dimensions: Overall: 61 x 9 9/16 x 2 7/16 in. (154.9 x 24.3 x 6.2 cm)
  • Classification: Ivories-Bone
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.63.4
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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