Title(s)

Ivoren boekomslag voorstellend de kruisiging van Christus
Leaf of a book-cover of the Carlovingian school (title on object)

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-243-3

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘(Class V.) g.1.’
• inscription: ‘In the Bibliothèque Impérials, Paris, Representing the Crucifixion. Size 9.5 inches by 5.’

Artist

• J.A. Spencer (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1850 - in or before 1856

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 111 mm × width 58 mm

What

• the crucifixion of Christ: Christ's death on the cross; Golgotha (Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38)
• book-cover, binding

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Notices of sculpture in ivory, consisting of a lecture on the history, methods, and chief productions of the art (RP-F-2001-7-243)