Crucifix ivory and wood with metal fixings
Crucifix
ca. 1700-1730 (made)
ca. 1700-1730 (made)
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The ivory crucifix figure and INRI scroll are fixed onto a later wood cross, which is inlaid with metal strips and marquetry. The loincloth is signed with an elided PH on the top layer of folds running down Christ's right thigh. Paul Heermann was a sculptor of wood, stone and ivory, who worked in Prague, Rome and Dresden.The virtuoso handling of the anatomy is comparable with Heermann’s large-scale stone sculptures. Such devotional ivory crucifix figures were made in some numbers during the baroque period. It is comparatively rare to find a signed example.
Object details
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| Title | Crucifix ivory and wood with metal fixings (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Carved ivory |
| Brief description | Crucifix, carved ivory on later wood cross, with dead figure of Christ, by Paul Heermann, Germany (Dresden), ca. 1700-1730 |
| Physical description | The loincloth is signed with an elided PH on the top layer of folds running down Christ's right thigh. Christ is crowned with thorns, and is represented as dead on the cross. The loincloth is held to the body by a cord, and hangs in folds on the right side. The cross is decorated with floral devices. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'PH' (on the edge of the loincloth)
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| Object history | Bought from Mr. Arthur Einstein, for £150, in 1956. |
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| Summary | The ivory crucifix figure and INRI scroll are fixed onto a later wood cross, which is inlaid with metal strips and marquetry. The loincloth is signed with an elided PH on the top layer of folds running down Christ's right thigh. Paul Heermann was a sculptor of wood, stone and ivory, who worked in Prague, Rome and Dresden.The virtuoso handling of the anatomy is comparable with Heermann’s large-scale stone sculptures. Such devotional ivory crucifix figures were made in some numbers during the baroque period. It is comparatively rare to find a signed example. |
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| Accession number | A.65-1927 |
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| Record created | May 6, 2009 |
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