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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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151827
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion) (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment)
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151827
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion) (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment)
description
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.
date
c. 1350–1375
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CC0
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language
en
wikidata
Q60759923
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Ivory
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Part 1: 20.7 x 11.2 cm (8 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
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Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, 14th century
accession
1984.158
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Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion) (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment), c. 1350–1375. Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, 14th century. Ivory; part 1: 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
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MED - Gothic
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 200, no. 14; Reproduced: p. 175
citation
Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 180-183; Reproduced: p. 181
citation
Chiesi, Benedetta. "Avori Gotici." In <em>Gli Avori del Museo Nazionale del Bargello</em>, 199 -332. Ilaria Ciseri, et.al. Milano,Italia: Officina libraria, 2018.
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Reproduced: p. 248; Mentioned: p. 249 & mentioned: p.
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:50:19.376000
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151827
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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ivory
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