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Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Artist: Unknown
Processional Crucifix (from the Church of Sant Miquel de Prats, Canillo, Andorra)
ca. 1150–1200
Wood
129.5 × 91.5 × 13 cm (51 × 36 × 5 1/8 in.)
Gift of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale
1930.41a-b
Catalan wood carvers were among the most expressive artists working in Europe in the late Middle Ages. Unfortunately, the original effect is muted because this crucifix has lost its brilliant color.
Jesus Christ is shown triumphant on the cross, victorious over death. In the 1200s this image would become less popular, giving way to depictions of Christ suffering or dying on the cross as can be seen in the paintings in the gallery by Guido da Siena and Bonaventura Berlinghieri.
Geography:
Made in Catalonia
Status:
On view*
Culture:
Spanish School, Catalonia
Period:
12th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Sant Miquel de Prats, Andorra; Arthur Byne, Madrid, Spain (–1930); Yale University Art Gallery (1930–)
Bibliography:
Walter B. Cahn, “Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections: III, New England University Museums,” Gesta 8 (1969): 63–65, no. VI. 1, fig. 16a; 16b.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
