Altar Cross
This cross would have been placed on the altar and used by priests for blessing the faithful. In the 17th-18th centuries, it was usual for such crosses to be carved out of a single piece of boxwood and fitted with silver mounts. The center here shows the Crucifixion on one sid...
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39090
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/61.133 |
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