Batllo Crucifix

Batlló Majesty
Artist	Unknown
Year	mid-12th century
Type	sculpture
Medium	Carving in walnut (head and body), willow (right arm), elm (cross upright) and holm oak (cross arms) with polychrome tempera
Dimensions	156 cm × 119 cm × 20.5 cm (61 in × 47 in × 8.1 in)
Location	Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

The Batlló Majesty (Catalan: Majestat Batlló, pronounced [məʒəsˈtað βəʎˈʎo]) is a large 12th-century Romanesque wooden crucifix, now in the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. It is one of the most elaborate examples in Catalonia of an image of Christ on the Cross symbolizing his triumph over death.

The Batlló Majesty is a 12th-century Romanesque polychrome wood carving now in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona, Catalonia. The Batlló Majesty is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of these Catalan sculptures. Carved wooden images were a fundamental element in churches as objects of worship. One of the most elaborate types in Catalonia was the Christ in Majesty, images of Christ on the Cross that symbolize his triumph over death, of which the most outstanding is the Batlló Majesty. The frontal geometric composition of the tunic decorated in circles and floral motifs is reminiscent of the refined Byzantine and Hispano-Moorish fabrics held in such high esteem in the Christian West during this time. The great reference for this type was the Volto Santo in Lucca (Tuscany, Italy), which was regarded as having miraculous origins and was the object of pilgrimage and extraordinary devotion from the end of the eleventh century.

At the end of the 11th century wood sculpture flourished in Catalonia. Carvers used four main formats to represent the Crucifixion:

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