Ile-de-France ou Normandie, début du XIVe siècle

en pierre sculptée à double face ; montée sur un socle en bois

Five centuries of French History in five centuries of French Art, World's Fair, Pavillon de la France, New York, 1939, n° 29.

R. Dagorne, 'Un médaillon sculpté de l'abbaye de Haute-Seille (...)', dans Pays Lorrain, 113e année, vol. 97, 2016, pp. 339-346.

This center of a calvary cross is finely sculpted doublesided in stone in good condition, with overall extensive weathering and corrosion to the surface, as can be seen on the photograph, due to outside exposure. Some natural inclusions and deposits to the stone . There are a few chips and losses to the outer edges of the medallions, and lacks to the border where the missing arms of the cross were attached. The stone has been analysed by Lise Leroux from the Louvre Laboratories, date and a geographic location to the Picardie has been confirmed: the stone is said to be a 'calcaire lutetien moyen', quite hard, its extraction can be located to l’Aisne (région de Soissons). The center of the cross is set into a later wooden stand for presentation.
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Ce relief quadrilobe en pierre, sculpté en double face, formait à l'origine le centre d'une croix de calvaire, comme l'indiquent les vestiges de croisillions sur les côtés. Le Jugement dernier est illustré par le Christ trônant entre deux anges musiciens, un ressuscité émergeant à ses pieds. L'autre face montre la Crucifixion entre la Vierge et Saint Jean. On remarque le traitement savant des plis profonds de la robe et le mouvement des corps épousant à merveille la forme quadrilobée du relief. Un médaillon similaire, illustrant une Vierge trônante, vient d'être acquis par le musée lorrain de Nancy (cf. op. cit. p. 342 (ill.)).