Limoges enamel crucifixion with the Virgin, St John and angels

An image of The Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John and two Angels. Copper plaque, champlevé, enamelled, engraved, and gilt, the figures with applied chased heads in relief. The relief figure of Christ, and the heads of the Virgin and St John are repoussé and applied. The plaque is rectangular and very slightly convex, with one attachment hole in each corner and two on each side. Height (whole) 23 cm, width (whole) 10.2 cm, circa 1200 to 1300. Limoges, France. Romanesque. Medieval.

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The Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John and two Angels. Copper plaque, champlevé, enamelled, engraved, and gilt, the figures with applied chased heads in relief. The relief figure of Christ, and the heads of the Virgin and St John are repoussé and applied. The plaque is rectangular and very slightly convex, with one attachment hole in each corner and two on each side. Height (whole) 23 cm, width (whole) 10.2 cm, circa 1200 to 1300. Limoges, France. Romanesque. Medieval.

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Accession Number: M.34-1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 112
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1886 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Filesize: 361.43kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2007:10:10 15:05:17

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13th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC angels Calvary champleve Christ Christianity crucified crucifix crucifixion Early Medieval Easter enamel enamelled Fitz_AA French gilded Golgotha Jesus Limoges Medieval plaque religion religious Romanesque Saint John saints skull St John St John the Evangelist Virgin Mary

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