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Source Description
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 of the Pietà (the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ-an image combining the ultimate in pity and piety) on the tabernacle.This relief is one of many copies of an image that was believed to be miraculous, preserved in a church in the city of Chioggia, south of Venice.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
32209
label
Tabernacle Door with Pietà
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
32209
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tabernacle Door with Pietà
description
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 of the Pietà (the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ-an image combining the ultimate in pity and piety) on the tabernacle.This relief is one of many copies of an image that was believed to be miraculous, preserved in a church in the city of Chioggia, south of Venice.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1580-1600
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
doors
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.3
height
16.7
dimensionsRaw
9 3/16 x 6 9/16 in. (23.3 x 16.7 cm)
Source extras
med
gilded bronze
creator_ids
6211
33562
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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17633d8d7a21582c