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Source Description
This delicately painted icon shows Christ's Crucifixion before the walls of Jerusalem. A detail rarely included in Crucifixion scenes is the resurrection of the dead, portrayed here as tightly wrapped corpses, after Matthew 27:52: "The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised." According to tradition, this resurrection occurred immediately after the blood of Christ had dripped onto Adam's skull which had been buried at Calvary. The back of the panel carries an image of the instruments of the Passion (cross, spear, and reed), surrounded by inscriptions.
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Document identity
localId
40760
label
Crucifixion
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40760
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Crucifixion
description
This delicately painted icon shows Christ's Crucifixion before the walls of Jerusalem. A detail rarely included in Crucifixion scenes is the resurrection of the dead, portrayed here as tightly wrapped corpses, after Matthew 27:52: "The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised." According to tradition, this resurrection occurred immediately after the blood of Christ had dripped onto Adam's skull which had been buried at Calvary. The back of the panel carries an image of the instruments of the Passion (cross, spear, and reed), surrounded by inscriptions.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
icons
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.2
height
25.5
depth
2
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 5/16 x W: 10 1/16 x D: 13/16 in. (31.2 x 25.5 x 2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
inscriptions
[Transcription] Кр(ес)ту твоемоу покланяемся
/ [Владыко
и святое воскресение τвое славим] / Кр(ес)тъ ц(а)ремъ держава
кр(ес)тъ ωружïе на враги
/ кр(ес)тъ бѣсомъ язва и прогонител(ь) Ц(а)рь сл(а)вы. Ic Xc ника. Копïя. Тростъ. М(есто) л(обное) р(ай) б(ысть). Г(лава) А(дама); [Translation] We venerate Thy cross
O Lord
and we glorify Thy holy Resurrection [from the Liturgy of the third Sunday of Lent] / The cross is the power of [our] kings
the cross is a weapon against [our] enemies
the cross is a plague and banisher of the demons. The King of Glory. Jesus Christ conquers. the lance. the reed. The Place of the Skull became Paradise. Adam’s head
med
tempera on wood
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6214
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BYZ
exhibition_ids
69
563
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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ca55c3bf63600df4