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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Medallion

ca. 1420 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Depicting The Way to Calvary, the setting is a steep and rocky road below a slope. It is bound to either side by a formalised clump of trees. To the right a guard wearing half-armour over a tunic drags Christ forward by a rope, holding up three nails in his left hand. Christ, wearing a crown of thorns, advances with lowered head, clasping the cross, which is supported behind by the Virgin. Between the two is St John holding a lopped stump. On the right a guard holding a halberd in his right hand and and the hammer in his left, and wearing an elaborate hat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, embossed and chased
Brief description
Gold medallion, embossed and chased, depicting The Way to Calvary, French, about 1420
Physical description
Depicting The Way to Calvary, the setting is a steep and rocky road below a slope. It is bound to either side by a formalised clump of trees. To the right a guard wearing half-armour over a tunic drags Christ forward by a rope, holding up three nails in his left hand. Christ, wearing a crown of thorns, advances with lowered head, clasping the cross, which is supported behind by the Virgin. Between the two is St John holding a lopped stump. On the right a guard holding a halberd in his right hand and and the hammer in his left, and wearing an elaborate hat.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 7cm
  • Depth: 0.5cm
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Lightbown, Ronald. Mediaeval European Jewellery: with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1992.
  • Hatot, Nicolas. 'Un médaillon gothique conservé au Victoria and Albert Museum'. Patrimoines. Revue de l'Institut national du patrimoine. vol. 7 (2011), pp. 90-97.
Collection
Accession number
1149-1864

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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