Base of an Altar Cross with Reading Angels Sitting on Dragons and Standing Church Fathers
Unknown
ca. 1125–50 · Copper alloy, cast and gilt · Medieval Art
The names of Saints Augustine, Jerome, and Gregory are inscribed on the books held by the angels. The absence of Saint Ambrose from the group (the heads are missing) indicates that the standard form of identifying the Church Fathers had not yet been established.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1125–50
- Medium
- Copper alloy, cast and gilt
- Culture
- North Italian
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1919
