Accession No
1895.148
Description
Hollow-cast Jesus figurine of gilt copper alloy from a crucifix, now missing, with a radiating halo attached to the head via a pin. Both hands are held straight over the head with one drilled hole in each hand; longhaired head held up high; Cloth draped around hips with one end 'flying' off horizontally to the left. Drilled hole through crossed feet.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Italy; Rome
Period
Modern 18th century
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baroness)
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1895.148; MAA: Z 11507
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; Gilt copper alloy; ?Bronze; ?Bronze Gilt
Local Term
Measurements
40mm x 135mm
Events
Context (Display)
Cardboard display label handwritten in black ink reading under the category '18th century': '15. Rome, 1895.' and presented by 'The Baroness Anatole von Hügel, 1896' along with the addition 'see - Middleton, Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Report 1887, Page C'. Other numbers connected to this cardboard label are 1883.737, 1883.738, 1886.41, 1887.42, 1888.34.1, 1888.34.2, 1890.87, 1891.120, 1903.409, 1903.410, 1904.354, 1905.66, Z 11503, and Z 11560.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board, but only the handwritten label is still present, reading in black ink: 'Russian Ikon. St. Nicholas. XVII. Cent.'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Gilt bronze figure, with radiating halo, arms nearly vertical.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Accession Register entry reads "Crucifix figure. Jansenist model. Bronze gilt of the XVII th century. Campo di Fiore, Rome, 1895. Bought by the donor." This object later allocated a Z number; original number now added to this record.
Event Date 28/06/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A pin holds the halo to the back of the head and the halo is loose enough to rotate.
Event Date 27/6/2001
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
Description (Physical description)
Hollow-cast Jesus figurine of gilt copper alloy from a crucifix, now missing, with a radiating halo attached to the head via a pin. Both hands are held straight over the head with one drilled hole in each hand; longhaired head held up high; Cloth draped around hips with one end 'flying' off horizontally to the left. Drilled hole through crossed feet.
Event Date 21/11/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung
FM:44056
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