Current Location: In storage
Titles
The Nailing of Christ to the Cross
Maker(s)
Production:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
The Nailing of Christ to the Cross. Stained and painted glass in grisaille and two shades of silver-yellow stain. Christ's body is arched over the T-shaped cross which lies on the ground. On the left a soldier wearing a turban stands with his left arm raised holding aloft a club and with his right hand grasps a rope attached to a collar around Christ's neck. On the right, another holds up his right arm and grasps with his right a chain attached to the collar. Christ's robe, a hammer and two nails lie in the foreground and on the left there is a rope in a basket. In the background the action is watched by the Virgin Mary and St. John, who stand on a hill with trees on the extreme right and left. In a rectangular lead with a wire for suspension at the top.
Notes
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Measurements and weight
Height: 22.3 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Dating
Circa
1500
CE
-
Circa
1600
CE
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
paint
Materials used in production
silver-yellow stain
Stained glass
Techniques used in production
Staining
: Stained and painted glass in grisaille and two shades of silver-yellow stain
Grisaille
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.348-1991
Primary reference Number: 28227
Packing number: EWA 821
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
