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Crucified Christ
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Ivory figure of crucified Christ. Hands and feet are pierced, and nails are in place to affix the sculpture to a vertical surface. A deep groove is present at the top of the figure's head. Christ's hair, beard, pupils and eyelashes are painted in brownish black. His lips and wound on the right side of his torso are painted in red. The loincloth is decorated with geometric and floral patterns, which are painted in red and gilded. Traces of red paint, indicating blood, appear on the figure's forehead, face, neck, arms, hands, torso, legs, and feet.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Grenville L. Winthrop New York NY bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Crucified Christ
Description:
Ivory figure of crucified Christ.
Hands and feet are pierced, and nails are in place to affix the sculpture to a vertical surface.
A deep groove is present at the top of the figure's head.
Christ's hair, beard, pupils and eyelashes are painted in brownish black.
His lips and wound on the right side of his torso are painted in red.
The loincloth is decorated with geometric and floral patterns, which are painted in red and gilded.
Traces of red paint, indicating blood, appear on the figure's forehead, face, neck, arms, hands, torso, legs, and feet.
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