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Plaque with The Crucifixion
1500-1550 (Renaissance)
Murano verre églomisé and gilding on reverse-painted glass
(Renaissance Europe )
(Renaissance Europe )
Although the execution of this little devotional work is crude, the effect suggests that the technique could be used to create substitutes for gilded bronze plaques.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1958 | Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning. |
Geographies
Italy, Murano (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 11/16 x 6 5/16 in. (19.6 x 16.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
46.19