Limoges Painted Metal Crucifix with 4 Evangelists Symbols
Entry/Object ID
HM-493
Description
Processional Cross - Crucifix; Christ figure painted with Evangelists representations in low relief at 4 corners; back of entire piece etched with angels, flowers and Resurrection figure. Gilded metal. Gilt enamel polychrome over bronze
Reportedly 13thc Spanish, but possibly 15thc Flemish
CHAMPLEVE FIGURE OF CHRIST
This small copper figure of Christ attached to a crucifix. The torso shows signs of its original gilding which was painted over at a later date. The figure is representative of champlevé enameling, a technique used in the Limousin area of France during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The champlevé technique consists of carving out small areas in the copper form which are then filled with powdered glass and fused to a translucent enamel. In this case, the enamel creates the separately colored areas of the drapery.
[text from 1977 guidebook by N Kline]
Originally on multi-legged iron floor stand
2023 Jesus reattached to cross
Collection
Metalwork
Acquisition
Accession
493
Made/Created
Place
Location
Limoges, France
Notes
Date: early 13th century
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Crucifix
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Cross
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, Religious
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Religious Objects
Nomenclature Class
Ceremonial Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
General Notes
Note Type
1977 Hammond Castle Souvenir Guidebk by N R Kline, J J Bolten (30)
