Currently not on view
Corpus for a Crucifix,
1220s
French
y1941-24
Bronze corpora, sculpted bodies of the crucified Christ, survive in large numbers. They were made to attach to the crosses that stood on Roman Catholic altars or were carried in procession. Corpora were preserved, even after they had been detached from their crosses, because they were valued as sacred images. The selection here includes earlier examples depicting the Triumphant Christ upright on the cross, standing on a platform, and crowned as victorious over death. Later images represent Christ suffering, as the Passion (Jesus’s torture and death) was emphasized as part of an effort to make Biblical events more immediate for worshipers.
Information
Title
Corpus for a Crucifix
Dates
1220s
Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
13.1 × 12.3 × 2 cm (5 3/16 × 4 13/16 × 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1941-24
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
Subject
DeMotte; 1941 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum.
- A. M. Friend, Jr., "Two accessions for the Medieval Collection", Record of the Museum of Historic Art, Princeton University 1, no. 2 (1942): p. 9-10., p. 9-10
- "[Frank Jewett Mather, Jr. 1868-1953: In memoriam]", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 13, no. 1 (1954): p. 2-19., p. 14 (illus.)
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"Gallery of Mediaval and Renaissance Art: given by the Class of 1929," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 25, no. 1/2 (1966): 20–27.
, p. 25 (illus.) - Allen Rosenbaum and Francis F. Jones, Selections from The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1986), p. 141 (illus.)
