Head of a pastoral staff, 14th century?, (1881). Creator: W. M. McGill.

Head of a pastoral staff, 14th century?, (1881).  Creator: W. M. McGill.

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Head of a pastoral staff, 14th century?, (1881). Etching of an ivory crozier head made in Paris, the openwork volute either being from the fourteenth or the nineteenth century, with mid-nineteenth century metalwork additions. The carved decoration features Christ on the cross between the Virgin and St John the Evangelist, supported by a kneeling angel. The knop below is in the form of a small hexagonal building with niches containing the figures of saints. A crozier is a crook-shaped pastoral staff carried as a symbol of authority and pastoral care by a bishop or abbot. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]


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People Information

Creator
  1. W. M. McGill, attributed to: : Artist, engraver, printmaker, etcher
People Related
  1. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington: British: Publisher, publishers, publishing company

Medium
  1. Engraving
  2. Etching

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Art & Literature

History & Politics Other

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3435x6481
File Size : 65,222kb


Aliases

  1. 0580069182
  1. 2-721-275
  1. 2721275

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