Ivory Plaque with the Crucifixion

Unknown

ca. 1000 · Ivory with gilding · Medieval Art

This miniature ivory with the Virgin and Saint John on either side of the cross and personifications of the sun and moon above is probably from a book cover or reliquary. It closely corresponds to monumental crucifixes carved about the year 1000.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1000

Medium

Ivory with gilding

Culture

Ottonian

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917