Pietro Vannini / Processional Cross / c. 1440-1450

Pietro Vannini
Processional Cross
c. 1440-1450
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Creator Name: Vannini, Pietro
Creator Qualifier: Circle of
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1413/14 - 1495/96
Gender: M
Creator Death Place: The Marches
Creator Name-CRT: Pietro Vannini
Title: Processional Cross
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1435
Creation End Date: 1455
Creation Date: c. 1440-1450
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Metalwork
Materials and Techniques: silver, gilt-silver, and repoussé, over wood
Dimensions: Overall: 72.7cm x 61cm x 12.7cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1926.243
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Context: This remarkable object, meant to be carried in religious processions within a great church, is an example of the high level of skill achieved by 15th century Italian silversmiths. The cross was made from sheets of silver from beneath to create a design.On the front of the cross is the figure of Christ flanked by the seated Virgin and St. John with God the Father blessing from above. The back of the cross contains the figure of Christ in Majesty at the center, with Four Evangelists (Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) seated at the end of each arm.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1926.243
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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