Artwork Details
- Title
- Crucifixion Shrine
- Artist
- Date
- late 19th century
- Location
- Dimensions
- overall (box): 23 1⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 x 6 7⁄8 in. (59.1 x 49.5 x 17.4 cm) Christ: 16 7⁄8 x 8 x 2 5⁄8 in. (43 x 20.4 x 6.8 cm) Laudmus Angel: 8 1⁄8 x 2 7⁄8 x 1 7⁄8 in. (20.7 x 7.3 x 4.9 cm) Bendicimus Angel: 8 1⁄2 x 2 7⁄8 x 2 in. (21.5 x 7.4 x 5.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- Mediums Description
- painted wood, glass, and metal
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Religion — New Testament — Christ
- Religion — New Testament — Crucifixion
- State of being — death — execution
- Religion — angel
- Object Number
- 1986.65.254A-D
Artwork Description
Crucifixion Shrine evokes European-inspired carvings found in nineteenth-century American churches. According to a piece of paper that was attached to this sculpture, Joseph Koenig created it for his home in Wisconsin and invited friends and neighbors to use it until the local community built a church. (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990)