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Source Description
This pendant, meant to prompt meditation as well as to provide ornamentation, takes the shape of the Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John on either side of Christ. The cross is represented as the Tree of Life, with a ruby set below Christ's feet. The ring at the top was for a chain to suspend the pendant, while that at the bottom was probably for a pearl, a common addition to many pendants of the time.
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Document identity
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20910
label
Pendant with the Crucifixion
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object
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Source metadata
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20910
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Pendant with the Crucifixion
description
This pendant, meant to prompt meditation as well as to provide ornamentation, takes the shape of the Crucifixion, with Mary and St. John on either side of Christ. The cross is represented as the Tree of Life, with a ruby set below Christ's feet. The ring at the top was for a chain to suspend the pendant, while that at the bottom was probably for a pearl, a common addition to many pendants of the time.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 15th century (Late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
pendants
crosses (objects)
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4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.2
height
3.1
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
2 13/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/16 in. (7.2 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
German
style
Gothic
med
gilded silver, ruby
creator_ids
6211
collection_ids
MED
REN
exhibition_ids
2054
2513
2704
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