Tabernacle Door with Pietà
The Host (Communion wafer consecrated by the priest) was preserved inside the tabernacle. During the Mass, Christ's body is believed to become miraculously present in the Host (transubstantiation). The Mass is a symbolic reenactment of his sacrifice, which explains the image o...
Artifact
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id
32209
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.346_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.346_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.346_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.346 |
Terms
Medium
gilded bronze