Crozier with Lamb of God

Unknown

ca. 1360–1400 · Bone with paint and gold · The Cloisters

The crozier was the pastoral staff based on the shepherd's crook and carried by bishops, abbots, and abbesses. This example belongs to a group of objects made in northern Italy. This crozier was originally made in sections with threaded ends. The three sections here have been damaged and repaired and are no longer separable. There may have been a fourth section, which is now lost.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1360–1400

Medium

Bone with paint and gold

Culture

North Italian

Department

The Cloisters

Credit line

The Cloisters Collection, 1953