Cross

Work Number: 580259
Title: Cross
Description: Side 1: Cross with Deposition from the Cross - the biblical scene in which Christ is removed after the Crucifixion. Saints occupy the the arms of the crucifix, particularly St. John Climacus holding his ladder.

Side 2: Cross with Mary holding the Christ Child in the center panel. In each arm of the cross are saints in a rectangular frame. A spiral connects each the frame of each arm of the cross to the central panel.
Medium: Bronze
Subject: John, Climacus, Saint, active 6th century; Deposition from the Cross; Saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Provenance: Gallery, case 4