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| Keywords: Jean Limosin II - The Crucifixion - Walters 4432.jpg The dead Christ on the cross is flanked by the Virgin and St John standing to the left and right Mary Magdalene kneels and clasps the lower part of the cross with both hands The sky deep blue near the horizon merges into the gloomy violet clouds above marked by radiating shafts of light dispersed amongst them Between the figures are glimpses of the buildings of Jerusalem At the foot of the cross are the skull and a bone of Adam The figures of Christ St John and the Virgin are taken from the same model as Walters 44 246 but the drawing is coarser in style than on that plaque although more strongly plastic The glimpses of the city derive from the same model The kneeling Magdalene may have been adapted from the same print which suggested stormy sky in both plaques from the Missale Romanum Christopher Plantin Antwerp 1571 early Other date century 17 Baroque technique painted enamel copper With frame cm 34 2 29 ; Without frame cm 22 7 17 8 accession number 44 32 31105 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
