Plaque: The Crucifixion and Virgin and Child with Angels (c. 1250–70): Art, History and Details

Plaque: The Crucifixion and Virgin and Child with Angels (c. 1250–70) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This elegant panel once served as the center of an ivory triptych. Set into an intricate architectural frame that recalls Gothic forms, the figures are carved in three-quarter relief, suggesting free-standing sculptures placed in niches. Below, two standing angels bearing candles flank an elegant Virgin and Child. Above, the crucified Christ is shown tormented by the Roman soldiers Longinus and Stephaton, who flank him on either side.

Object facts

• Title: Plaque: The Crucifixion and Virgin and Child with Angels
• Date: c. 1250–70
• Culture: France, Paris?, Gothic period, 13th century
• Type: Ivory
• Technique: ivory
• Dimensions: Overall: 12.7 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm (5 x 3 x 1/2 in.)
• Collection: MED - Gothic
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1929.437

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• "An Ivory From the Atelier of the Soissons Diptych." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 7 (July 1929): 123-125

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