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Crucified Christ
The collection record classifies this work as glass. It is dated c. 1480–1500. Recorded culture or place: England.
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- Museum title
- Crucified Christ
- Date
- c. 1480–1500
- Culture / origin
- England
- Materials and technique
- pot metal, white glass with silver stain (with later composite glass)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 86.9 x 43.5 cm (34 3/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1948.131
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This panel would have originally been part of a much larger window. It represents the crucified Christ at the moment of death on the cross. Christ is flanked by two angels, one of which collects blood in a chalice from the wound in his right hand, a symbol of the Eucharistic wine. This potent symbol is reinforced by the scrolling vines with grapes. The window would have very likely been located behind an altar in a church where the symbolism would have resonated with the celebration of the Mass.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of William G. Mather · CC0
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