File:Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century - Altar Cross with Stand - 1944.320 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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[edit]Altar Cross with Stand
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Altar Cross with Stand |
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| Object type | Metalwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
From the 11th century onward, altar crosses like this one often featured elaborate bases. The most impressive decoration of this cross is its stand: a lavish array of intertwining scrolls emerges from three pawlike legs, while birds perch amid the scrolls and dragon heads sprout from others. |
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| Date | between 1140 and 1150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Bronze: cast, gilded, engraved, and chased | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 43.4 x 22.5 x 8 cm (17 1/16 x 8 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Art |
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1944.320 |
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| Place of creation | Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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