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Painted wooden crucifix of crowned Christ with outstretched arms hanging before a dark stone vault and a faded fresco of robed figures.

Crucifix

A painted wooden crucifix figure of Christ, crowned and with arms outstretched, hangs against a dark stone vault in a church setting. The gilded cross has a decorated border, and a faded fresco with robed figures fills the curved wall behind, lit by a soft glow from a low arch.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1150–1200
Medium
White oak with paint, gold leaf, and tin leaf (corpus); softwood with paint and tin leaf (cross)
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3791 × 3792 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1205).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1935

Español: Crucifijo

Una figura de Cristo en madera pintada, coronada y con los brazos extendidos, cuelga contra una bóveda de piedra oscura en un espacio de iglesia. La cruz dorada tiene un borde decorado, y un fresco desgastado con figuras vestidas de túnica llena la pared curva detrás, iluminado por un resplandor suave de un arco bajo.

Português: Crucifixo

Uma figura de Cristo em madeira pintada, coroada e com os braços estendidos, pende diante de uma abóbada de pedra escura em um espaço de igreja. A cruz dourada tem uma borda decorada, e um afresco desgastado com figuras de vestes ocupa a parede curva ao fundo, iluminado por um brilho suave de um arco baixo.

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