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The Gero Cross. The Gero Cross or Gero Crucifix (German: Gero-Kreuz), of around 965–970, is the oldest large sculpture of the crucified Christ north of the Alps, and has always been displayed in Cologne Cathedral in Germany. It was commissioned by Gero, Archbishop of Cologne, who died in 976, thus providing a terminus ante quem for the work
Gero (c. 900 – 29 June 976) was Archbishop of Cologne from 969 until his death. Tomb of Archbishop Gero at the Cologne Cathedral (centre, next to the wooden kneelers) Gero originated from Saxony , probably a son of the Billung count Christian (d. 950), who ruled in the Eastphalian Nordthüringgau and Schwabengau as well as over the adjacent ...
Near the sacristy is the Gero Crucifix, [65] a large crucifix carved in oak and with traces of paint and gilding. Believed to have been commissioned around 960 for Archbishop Gero, it is the oldest large crucifix north of the Alps and the earliest-known large free-standing Northern sculpture of the medieval period. [66] [page needed]
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Ann's last curatorial endeavor was the mounting of the major museum show Mel Chin: Points of View held in conjunction with his large-scale public installation Wake in downtown Victoria (2021-2022). [33] She died in Houston on December 23, 2021, at age 80.
During that tenure, Tinterow was part of a group of curators to help formalize the Association of Art Museum Curators. In 2012, Tinterow returned to his native Texas and was named Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , following the death of the preceding director, Peter Marzio .
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building in 2020, [ 2 ] it is the 12th largest art museum in the world based on square feet of gallery space.