Cross with Virgin with Raised Arms
Artist
Antioch
Date500s–600s
Mediumcast bronze
Dimensions7.5 x 5.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number1939.75
DescriptionThe decoration was never highly detailed, but has undergone additional wear that further obscures it. Since the faces are particularly worn, this might be interpreted as iconoclasm, but perhaps more likely is rubbing the surface as a devotional practice. There is an unexplained reddish zone across the back of the lower arm.ProvenanceAntioch excavation, 1936
On View
On view
Southern German
about 1550
Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
