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Source Description
The depiction of Christ's tomb as a cave appears repeatedly in Italian art of the 14th and early 15th centuries. Here, a glimpse into the cave reveals Christ's marble sarcophagus, now empty. Framed by the shadowy void of the tomb's entrance, the resurrected Christ, emitting rays of light, emerges triumphantly from the darkness. This scene was the last in a series of five predella panels (paintings on the base of an altarpiece) illustrating episodes from the Passion of Christ. The sequence, which can be reconstructed from surviving panels now in other collections, included the Betrayal of Judas, the Way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, and the Lamentation, and concluded with this panel of the Resurrection.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
38060
label
The Resurrection
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
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38060
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Resurrection
description
The depiction of Christ's tomb as a cave appears repeatedly in Italian art of the 14th and early 15th centuries. Here, a glimpse into the cave reveals Christ's marble sarcophagus, now empty. Framed by the shadowy void of the tomb's entrance, the resurrected Christ, emitting rays of light, emerges triumphantly from the darkness. This scene was the last in a series of five predella panels (paintings on the base of an altarpiece) illustrating episodes from the Passion of Christ. The sequence, which can be reconstructed from surviving panels now in other collections, included the Betrayal of Judas, the Way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, and the Lamentation, and concluded with this panel of the Resurrection.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 51, as Uccello]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1390-1410 (late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
panel paintings
altarpieces
predellas
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
52.8
height
47.5
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 20 13/16 x W: 18 11/16 x D: 1/4 in. (52.8 x 47.5 x 0.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Italian
med
tempera paint and gold leaf on panel
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6278
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MED
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none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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