Figure of Christ
Figure
1st half 12th century (made)
1st half 12th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Figure, or corpus, of Christ from a crucifix; copper alloy, France, 1100-1200.
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| Materials and techniques | Copper alloy: the metal was sent for testing by the Museum in the 1980s/1990s, and the assay established the following proportions of trace metals in the copper:
zinc - 6.2%; lead - 1.0%; tin - 3.6%; iron - 0.24%; arsenic - 0.03%; bismuth - 0.0005%; silver - 0.08% |
| Brief description | Figure, or corpus, of Christ from a crucifix; copper alloy, France, 1100-1200. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh |
| Object history | Nothing is known of the early history of this figure, which would originally have been applied to a crucifix. It was given to the Museum in 1955 by the collector Dr Walter Leo Hildburgh. He may have acquired it in Spain, since the registry entry for the piece identifies it as Spanish. However, comparison with other figures suggests that stylistically it is closer to twelfth-century French models. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bloch, Peter. Bronzegeräte des Mittelalters, vol. 5: Romanische Bronze-Kruzifixe. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1992. ISBN 3871571431 |
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| Accession number | M.28-1955 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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