About the Artwork
Crucifix
1771
Walter Pompe
active in Antwerp
Dutch
Unknown
Ivory, wood
Overall: 27 1/8 × 12 5/16 × 2 9/16 inches (68.9 × 31.3 × 6.5 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Charles and Miriam Meyers
1995.128
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, at the back on Christ's loincloth: W. Pompe Fecit 1771
Inscribed, on the lower part of the rear loincloth: A. Anvers
Marks, painted on plaque above the crucifix: [indecipherable]
Provenance
1967-1995, purchased by Charles and Miriam Meyers
1995-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Walter Pompe, Crucifix, 1771, ivory, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles and Miriam Meyers, 1995.128.
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