About the Artwork
Altar Cross
mid-14th century
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German
German
Rock crystal cross with gilt copper base and enamelled heraldic devices
Overall: 29 × 16 × 7 1/2 inches (73.7 × 40.6 × 19.1 cm)
Metalwork
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
City of Detroit Purchase
21.197
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Provenance
(Henri and Max Heilbronner, Berlin, Germany)
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Valentiner, W. R. "New Period Rooms," Bulletin of the DIA 3, no. 4 (January 1923): p. 28, 26 (ill.).
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possibly German, Altar Cross, mid-14th century, rock crystal cross with gilt copper base and enamelled heraldic devices. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.197.
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