Wooden Casket: Scenes from the Life of Christ
c. 1050
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Wooden Casket: Scenes from the Life of Christ, c. 1050. Anglo-Saxon, England, West Midlands?, Romanesque period, 11th century. Boxwood, copper-alloy, glass ; overall: 9 x 7.8 x 15.7 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 x 6 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.362
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Furniture and woodwork
- Formatted Medium
- boxwood, copper-alloy, glass
- Medium
- boxwood, copper-alloy, glass
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 x 7.8 x 15.7 cm (3 9/16 x 3 1/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1953.362
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe."<br>The British Museum, "The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art, 966-1066" November7, 1984-March 10, 1985.<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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