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The Crucifixion

Statuette
ca. 1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)
Germany (made)

During the seventeen and eighteenth centuries a very considerable number of ivory crucifix figures were carved in Europe but except in the case of the work of a few individual artists it is almost impossible to distinguish between the carvings produced in France, Germany or the Netherlands.
This crucifix figure is probably Netherlandish and made in ca. 1700.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Christianity
Object type
Statuette
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Statuette
  • Cross
TitleThe Crucifixion (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ivory on a later wood cross with metal nails
Ivory
Wood
Brief description
Statuette, carved ivory, figure of the crucifixion, probably South Netherlands, ca. 1700
Physical description
Crucifix; the figure of ivory, the cross of ebonised wood. The cross has a base consisting of seven plain steps, and the three arms are each finished off with a strip of ivory. Christ is shown alive looking upwards to his right; his teeth are visible. The arms are separately carved and fixed to the body.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr J. Wilson
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr John Wilson, via his executor H.J. Pullen Burry Esq., 12 The Paragon, Bath in 1901.
Subject depicted
The Crucifixion
Summary
During the seventeen and eighteenth centuries a very considerable number of ivory crucifix figures were carved in Europe but except in the case of the work of a few individual artists it is almost impossible to distinguish between the carvings produced in France, Germany or the Netherlands.
This crucifix figure is probably Netherlandish and made in ca. 1700.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Works of Art acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the Year 1901 arranged according to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons, 1904, p. 61
  • Longhurst, Margaret, H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. II. London: The Board of Education, 1929, p. 76
  • Gradeeki, L. Ivoires Francais. Paris, 1947, p.133
  • Theuerkauff, C. Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16-19. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Die Bildwerke der Skulpturegalerie Berlin II, 1986, pp. 373 and 374, note 114
  • Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 118
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
362:0, 1-1901

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Record createdOctober 26, 2004
Record URL
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