Gothic Gilt Copper Cross with Corpus Christi

CIRCA 1430 A.D.

10 3/4 in. (452 grams, 27.4 cm).

Hollow-formed cross with reserved Corpus Christi on a field of scrolled tendrils; reverse with similar tendril ornament and square panel to the end of each arm bearing the symbol of an evangelist. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Collection of Richard Steiskal-Paur, Vienna.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13530-262853.

Literature

Cf. for similar engraved crucifixes on metal plates Potten, E., ‘University of Manchester Library 23025: A Single-Leaf Print of the Crucifixion from a Late Medieval Etched Metal Plate, or a Nineteenth-Century Forgery?’ in Bulletin John Rylands Library, no.1, Spring 2025, pp.17-37, figs.1,3, for iconography.

Footnotes

The image on the crucifix was realised according to the style of the period. Christ is at the centre of the cross, facing the viewer; his loincloth blowing to the left. At the foot of the cross, now missing, were probably Adam’s skull and bones.

CONDITION

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