Devotional Plaque with the Dead Christ
The dead Christ is held up for the viewer's meditation and mourned by his mother, St. John the Evangelist, and an angel. Moderno suggests Christ's heroic nature by depicting his body according to the ancient athletic ideal. Such devotional plaques were also admired as art ob...
Artifact
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id
16438
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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_54.69_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.69_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_54.69_Fnt_BW_H77.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.69 |
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Medium
gilded bronze
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