Corpus for crucifix
Corpus for crucifix

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Corpus for crucifix,

12th century

Hungarian
y1992-129

Information

Title
Corpus for crucifix
Dates

12th century

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
8.4 x 5 x 2 cm (3 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Geber, in memory of Dr. Antal and Klarissza Geber
Object Number
y1992-129
Place Made

Europe, Hungary

Culture
Hungarian
Period
Romanesque
Type
bronzes, figurines
Materials
bronze
Subject
deities, figures (representations), religious art, Christianity, crucifixes, Christ, crowns (headdresses)

Possibly Antal Geber (1879-1962) [1]; possibly by descent to Margaret McCarthy Geber (1919-1997) and Anthony Geber (1917-1998); gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1992.

[1] Antal Geber, a civil servant from Budapest, Hungary, and his wife Klarrissza Geber, developed an art collection in the 1920’s. Antal gifted this collection to his son in 1946.

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