Corpus (attached to ironwood cross)

Corpus (attached to ironwood cross)

Artist(s) Unknown
Medium Ivory
Origin Franco-Flemish
Creation
Date
late 17th century
Size 12"
Donor Fowler
Acquisition
Date
1945
   
Image Source STP

 

Comments

Purchased from the Wilstach collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1956 when the Museum sold off no longer needed items. The cross holding the crucifix, and two candleholders (not shown) to the left and right of the crucifix, were carved from Arizona ironwood by John Bunnell. [source: tour notes]