Quartermaine Hall

Artisan: Cose di un altro mondo (Mariangela Gagliardi)
Date: 2021
Dimensions: 64 x 48 mm. / 2 ½ x 1 ⅞ inches (height x width)
Intended Room: Gallery
Inventory number: 2021.070
Category: Pictures

Provenance: Purchased from the artist’s Etsy shop in 2021

This lovely miniature replica of a medieval crucifix recalls the wooden crosses hanging over the altar in Florentine churches. Mariangela has even paid attention to the back, where the panel looks authentically ‘braced’ with rods of wood. An evocative, austere piece for the Gallery.