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Ivory diptychs (two panels hinged together) were used for private devotion by their aristocratic owners. The scenes represented here are Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, the Raising of Lazarus, the Crucifixion, and Christ’s Entombment. They suggest choices made by the original owner who wished to contemplate these aspects of Christ’s passion.
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151829
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment)
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151829
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment)
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Ivory diptychs (two panels hinged together) were used for private devotion by their aristocratic owners. The scenes represented here are Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, the Raising of Lazarus, the Crucifixion, and Christ’s Entombment. They suggest choices made by the original owner who wished to contemplate these aspects of Christ’s passion.
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c. 1350–1375
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CC0
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en
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Q60759483
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Ivory
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Part 2: 20.7 x 11.2 cm (8 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
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Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, 14th century
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1984.158.b
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment), c. 1350–1375. Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, 14th century. Ivory; part 2: 20.7 x 11.2 cm (8 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1984.158.b
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MED - Gothic
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:50:23.301000
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151829
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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ivory
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