Plaque: The Crucifixion
1340–1360
- Medium
- ivory, mounted in a silver stand (after 1919)
- Dimensions
- without base: 10.8 x 6.6 cm (4 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ivory
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
France or England, Gothic period, 14th century
About
This plaque, once the right wing of a diptych (two-paneled carving), was slightly altered during its history by carving an arc into the sides, perhaps to force it into a frame. The silver base, added after 1919, is signed: "M. Bucellati, Milano, Roma, Firenze."