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| Keywords: Léonard Limosin II - The Crucifixion - Walters 44136.jpg The tall cross is set off against a sky overcast with somber clouds From them and from a black aperture at the top shoot bolts and shafts of light At the horizon is a blue ridge of hills below which are clustered the buildings of Jerusalem trees and a stream Beside the cross the Virgin bows her head and clasps her hands St John lifts his two hands in mourning and adoration A skull and a bone lie at the foot of the cross In the grass at the lower left is the signature L L the two letters are separated by a fleur-de-lys early Other date century 17 technique painted enamel copper cm 13 5 10 1 accession number 44 136 23700 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Léonard Limosin II | ||||
