Hand Cross
unknown (Lviv School)
Basic information
- ID
- С-II-917
- Author
- unknown (Lviv School)
- Name
- Hand Cross
- Date of creation
- 1895
- Country
- Ukraine
- Technique
- carving incrustation
- Material
- wood beads metal
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 27.7 x 13.2 x 2.3
Additionally
- Type
- decorative and applied arts ritual items
- Genre
- religious
- Provenance
- Lviv region
Information about author
Object description
The cross, a symbol of the Christian faith and an object of religious devotion has been represented in sacred art since the third century. There are many variations, one of which is the hand cross, known in the Eastern Rite since the fifteenth century. The folk artist's cross is eight-pointed, with a sloping lower crossbar and a short handle. The smooth background of the front part is inlaid with beads along the contour, repeating the frame's outline. The ends of the edge have profiled metal overlays with a ball in the middle. In the centre of the central stem is a frontal figure of the crucified Christ, cast in metal, with the features of a folk "primitivism". A beaded image of a Greek cross is on the back of the liturgical object. The ends of the cross are decorated with semicircles.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
