Angel with the Arma Christi, Master Arnt of Kalkar, c. 1480

Angel with the Arma Christi, Master Arnt of Kalkar, c. 1480

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Master Arnt was the most important late 15th-century woodcarver in the German-Dutch border area. He carved this angel dressed as a deacon (assistant to the priest during Mass) in a choir robe. The angel holds an armoured helmet adorned with Christ’s crown of thorns and his shirt. These are some of the Arma Christi, the symbolic instruments of Christ’s Passion.

On display in room 0.1

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