Pendant
ca. 1500 (made)
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The pendant depicts the Crucifixion. A tall composition, set on a rocky base featuring Golgotha, with two skulls and a bone. Christ is shown attached to a tree, with its trunk twisted in formal bands and with lopped boughs; two thieves are crucified to thinner, more naturalistic trees beside him. In front Longinus pierces Christ's side with the lance; Mary (left) and John (right) stand to either side of him, raised on small pedestals. The tree terminates in a hexagonal-shape motif to which is attached a corded ring for suspension. Spear bent and bottom scraped; a hole pierced in the base, perhaps for attachment to a stand.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cast and engraved silver, partially gilt |
| Brief description | Silver-gilt pendant depicting the Crucifixion, German, about 1500 |
| Physical description | The pendant depicts the Crucifixion. A tall composition, set on a rocky base featuring Golgotha, with two skulls and a bone. Christ is shown attached to a tree, with its trunk twisted in formal bands and with lopped boughs; two thieves are crucified to thinner, more naturalistic trees beside him. In front Longinus pierces Christ's side with the lance; Mary (left) and John (right) stand to either side of him, raised on small pedestals. The tree terminates in a hexagonal-shape motif to which is attached a corded ring for suspension. Spear bent and bottom scraped; a hole pierced in the base, perhaps for attachment to a stand. |
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| Object history | Possibly from a Rosary. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Lightbown, Ronald. Medieval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992. cat. 57. p. 512. |
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| Accession number | 621-1906 |
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| Record created | September 27, 2004 |
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