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Source Description
To the traditional image of the Crucifixion has been added a Latin inscription from Isaiah "By whose wounds we are healed." The passage was interpreted as referring to Christ's death on the cross as the way to salvation. On the back is an image of Mary with the Christ Child, so the pendant alludes to the role of Mary, a symbol of the Christian Church, in human redemption.
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Document identity
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24425
label
Locket with Scenes of the Crucifixion and the Virgin with the Christ Child
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object
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Source metadata
id
24425
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object
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normalized
title
Locket with Scenes of the Crucifixion and the Virgin with the Christ Child
description
To the traditional image of the Crucifixion has been added a Latin inscription from Isaiah "By whose wounds we are healed." The passage was interpreted as referring to Christ's death on the cross as the way to salvation. On the back is an image of Mary with the Christ Child, so the pendant alludes to the role of Mary, a symbol of the Christian Church, in human redemption.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1575 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stained & Painted Glass
pendants
lockets
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
5.2
dimensionsRaw
2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in. (6 x 5.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
Inscription around Crucifixion: CVIVS. LIVORE. SANATI. SVMVS.[Translation: By whose wounds we are healed]Inscription on the reverse: AVE. SAN. MARIA. MAT. DEI. [Translation: Hail Saint Mary
Mother of God]
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amelierung reverse-painted rock crystal, agate and enameled gold frame; modern chain
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33562
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
2513
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1
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0
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photo
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42e10b1d7b20c4c5