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| Keywords: French - Virgin and Child, Crucifixion - Walters 71232 - Side B.jpg Croziers the staffs carried by bishops and abbots are meant to identify them symbolically as shepherds of the Christian flock actual shepherds use wooden sticks with a similar hook to catch straying sheep Unusually this crozier has two complementary images on its two sides On one side the infant Christ is held by his mother who also carries a lily signifying by its whiteness her purity On the other the adult Jesus hangs upon the cross; the snake underneath alludes to Adam's and Eve's original sin redeemed through Jesus' death The base of the crozier was added ca 1900 between 1340 1350 Medieval ivory cm 24 11 3 accession number 71 232 28688 Frédéric Spitzer Paris by purchase Sale Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim April 17 1893 no 92 Henry Walters 1923 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Ivory croziers Ivory reliefs of the Crucifixion of Christ | ||||
