Medieval · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 469881
Crucifix
Unknown maker, ca. 1125–50
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · The Cloisters Collection, 1984 · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- ca. 1125–50
- Medium
- Limewood and birch with traces of paint (corpus); spruce with traces of paint (cross)
- Dimensions
- Overall (Cross with base): 37 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 9 in. (95 x 59 x 22.9 cm) Cross and Corpus without base: 33 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (85 x 59 x 9.4 cm) Corpus only: 19 15/16 x 17 9/16 x 3 1/8 in. (50.6 x 44.6 x 7.9 cm) Cross only: 33 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 9/16 in. (85 x 59 x 1.5 cm) Base only: 3 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 9 in. (10 x 30 x 22.9 cm)
- Era
- Medieval
Why it matters
Crucifix, dated ca. 1125–50, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Limewood and birch with traces of paint (corpus); spruce with traces of paint (cross). The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Overall (Cross with base): 37 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 9 in. (95 x 59 x 22.9 cm) Cross and Corpus without base: 33 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (85 x 59 x 9.4 cm) Corpus only: 19 15/16 x 17 9/16 x 3 1/8 in. (50.6 x 44.6 x 7.9 cm) Cross only: 33 7/16 x 23 1/4 x 9/16 in. (85 x 59 x 1.5 cm) Base only: 3 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 9 in. (10 x 30 x 22.9 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.