Rijksmuseum

Angel with the Arma Christi

Date

c. 1480

Medium

oak (wood)

Culture

Kalkar

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Master Arnt was the most important late 15th-century woodcarver in the German-Dutch border area. He carved this angel dressed as a deacon (assistant to the priest during Mass) in a choir robe. The angel holds an armoured helmet adorned with Christ’s crown of thorns and his shirt. These are some of the Arma Christi, the symbolic instruments of Christ’s Passion.

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