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Source Description
This two-panel ivory relief carving depicts the Crucifixion and Ascension of Christ. In the Crucifixion, the sun and moon and Stephaton and Longinus are reversed from their usual positions. Longinus carries a sword rather than a spear. The style is related to the Nicephoros Group. The figures in the ascension stand upright, looking upwards towards Christ, who sits in a mandorla carried by two angels. The bottom border and parts of figures in the Crucifixion scene are broken off, as are the left border and upper left corner. There are several pinholes in the upper border and ground. "AVE MARIA" has been scratched on the back and there is the impression of a seventeenth-century seal.
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Document identity
localId
25978
label
Crucifixion and Ascension
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
25978
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Crucifixion and Ascension
description
This two-panel ivory relief carving depicts the Crucifixion and Ascension of Christ. In the Crucifixion, the sun and moon and Stephaton and Longinus are reversed from their usual positions. Longinus carries a sword rather than a spear. The style is related to the Nicephoros Group. The figures in the ascension stand upright, looking upwards towards Christ, who sits in a mandorla carried by two angels. The bottom border and parts of figures in the Crucifixion scene are broken off, as are the left border and upper left corner. There are several pinholes in the upper border and ground. "AVE MARIA" has been scratched on the back and there is the impression of a seventeenth-century seal.
provenance
Bastini Collection; Count Gregoire Stroganoff (Grigorii Sergeevich Stroganov), Rome, prior to 1900, by purchase [his cat. 117]; Henri Daguerre, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
icons
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.7
height
12.5
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/16 x W: 4 15/16 x D: 5/16 in. (23.65 x 12.5 x 0.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
inscriptions
[Mark] Scratched on back: AVE MARIA; [Seal] Impression of a seventeenth-century seal
dynasty
Macedonian Dynasty
med
ivory (elephant)
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
358
2525
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1
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0
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photo
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