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Source Description
This copper gilt pax is set with a rectangular plaque of copper enameled with a representation of the Pieta. In the scene, the dead body of Christ is supported in half-upright position in the tomb by the Virgin and St. John, surrounded by the weeping Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and another figure half concealed by the border on the left. Behind the Pieta the cross looms before a star-spangled sky. The tomb, a marble sarcophagus, is ornamented with three discs of porphyry, the central one inscribed in gilding: IHS.The composition derives essentially from a bronze plaque after Moderno, of which there is an excellent example in an early state at our institution, Walters 54.69.
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Document identity
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16270
label
Christ in the Tomb
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object
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Source metadata
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16270
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object
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normalized
title
Christ in the Tomb
description
This copper gilt pax is set with a rectangular plaque of copper enameled with a representation of the Pieta. In the scene, the dead body of Christ is supported in half-upright position in the tomb by the Virgin and St. John, surrounded by the weeping Magdalene, Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and another figure half concealed by the border on the left. Behind the Pieta the cross looms before a star-spangled sky. The tomb, a marble sarcophagus, is ornamented with three discs of porphyry, the central one inscribed in gilding: IHS.The composition derives essentially from a bronze plaque after Moderno, of which there is an excellent example in an early state at our institution, Walters 54.69.
provenance
Seligmann, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 16th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
paxes
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
19
height
10.2
dimensionsRaw
Pax H: 7 1/2 x W: 4 in. (19 x 10.2 cm); Plaque H: 2 3/4 x W: 1 15/16 in. (7 x 4.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] IHS[Transcription] VNVS DEVS VNA FIDES
RelatedObjects
16438
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painted enamels and gold on copper gilt
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33562
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REN
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none
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photo
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