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Source Description
Croziers, the staffs carried by bishops and abbots, are meant to identify them symbolically as shepherds of the Christian flock (actual shepherds use wooden sticks with a similar hook to catch straying sheep). Unusually, this crozier has two complementary images on its two sides. On one side, the infant Christ is held by his mother, who also carries a lily signifying by its whiteness her purity. On the other, the adult Jesus hangs upon the cross; the snake underneath alludes to Adam's and Eve's original sin, redeemed through Jesus' death. The base of the crozier was added ca. 1900.
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Document identity
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28688
label
Virgin and Child, Crucifixion
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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28688
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Virgin and Child, Crucifixion
description
Croziers, the staffs carried by bishops and abbots, are meant to identify them symbolically as shepherds of the Christian flock (actual shepherds use wooden sticks with a similar hook to catch straying sheep). Unusually, this crozier has two complementary images on its two sides. On one side, the infant Christ is held by his mother, who also carries a lily signifying by its whiteness her purity. On the other, the adult Jesus hangs upon the cross; the snake underneath alludes to Adam's and Eve's original sin, redeemed through Jesus' death. The base of the crozier was added ca. 1900.
provenance
Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, April 17, 1893, no. 92; Henry Walters, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1340-1350 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Ivory & Bone
crosiers (episcopal)
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24
height
11.3
dimensionsRaw
9 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (24 x 11.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
French
style
Gothic
dynasty
Valois Dynasty
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ivory
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6229
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MED
exhibition_ids
1957
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2752
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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photo
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