1962.281: Processional Cross. Recto: Suffering Christ with Virgin, a Pelican Feeding her Young, and Saint John the Evangelist in the terminals. Verso: Christ Triumphant with Saint Francis, God, Saint Louis of Toulouse and an Unidentified Saint in the terminals.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1962.281

People

Domenico di Michelino, Italian (1417 - 1491)

Title

Processional Cross. Recto: Suffering Christ with Virgin, a Pelican Feeding her Young, and Saint John the Evangelist in the terminals. Verso: Christ Triumphant with Saint Francis, God, Saint Louis of Toulouse and an Unidentified Saint in the terminals.

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

mid 15th Century

Culture

Italian, Tuscan, Florentine

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228267

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Tempera on wood panel

Dimensions

53.3 x 33.6 x 2.6 cm (21 x 13 1/4 x 1 in.)
with base: 59.3 cm (23 3/8 in.)
with loop for hanging: 55 cm (21 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Lucy Wallace Porter

Accession Year

1962

Object Number

1962.281

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 66
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

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