Plaque: The Crucifixion with Angels and Saints
c. 1400–1425
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Plaque: The Crucifixion with Angels and Saints, c. 1400–1425. Northern Italy, Padua?, 15th century. Verre églomisé (reverse gilded glass, engraved and painted); overall: 19.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 cm (7 5/8 x 3 11/16 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1978.41
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Glass
- Formatted Medium
- verre églomisé (reverse gilded glass, engraved and painted)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.4 x 9.4 x 0.4 cm (7 5/8 x 3 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: the letters on the banderoles may be described as a composite script called Gothic majuscule, which intermingles Roman capitals and uncial alphabets. This script was especially favored by Italian artists for inscriptions in architecture, sculpture, panel painting, and manuscript illustrations during the 14th and 15th centuries. The banderole on the left reads: "POSVIT. ME. DESOLAT.[UM]" (God has forsaken me); the other banderole reads: "CRUS. DOMINI. MECUM" (the cross of the Lord is with me). A third inscription with the abbreviations for the words of Pilate--"I. N. R. I." (IESUS, NASARENUS RES IUDAEORUM), or Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews" appears on the plaque (tabula ansata) at the top of the cross.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1978.41
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 117A Italian Renaissance
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