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Source Description
This folding icon was originally a triptych (three-paneled icon); the right wing is now lost. The panels that remain depict, on the left, Christ on the Road to Calvary and, on the right, the Crucifixion.This icon is an excellent example of the art produced on the Greek Island of Crete (then under Venetian control), where the Byzantine tradition of icon painting had survived the fall of the empire. The strong color contrasts, fluid highlights, and contorted poses of the figures suggest that the icon was painted by George Klontzas, one of the most innovative Cretan icon painters of the late 16th century.
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Document identity
localId
35213
label
Scenes of Christ's Passion
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
35213
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Scenes of Christ's Passion
description
This folding icon was originally a triptych (three-paneled icon); the right wing is now lost. The panels that remain depict, on the left, Christ on the Road to Calvary and, on the right, the Crucifixion.This icon is an excellent example of the art produced on the Greek Island of Crete (then under Venetian control), where the Byzantine tradition of icon painting had survived the fall of the empire. The strong color contrasts, fluid highlights, and contorted poses of the figures suggest that the icon was painted by George Klontzas, one of the most innovative Cretan icon painters of the late 16th century.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1550-1600 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
triptychs
icons
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18.7
height
14.5
depth
3.5
dimensionsRaw
7 3/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/8 in. (18.7 x 14.5 x 3.5 cm)
style
Mannerist
Source extras
cul
Orthodox
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
med
tempera on wood
creator_ids
8360
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MED
exhibition_ids
648
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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87ff1295c7ba8c43
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no
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no