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Source Description
This icon, one of the finest in North America, features the "Anastasis," or the Resurrection of Christ, the traditional Byzantine image depicting Christ's descent into hell to redeem the Just of the Old Testament. In the upper portion of the painting, the Harrowing of Hell is shown. In the Christian tradition, this is the period of time between Christ's burial on Good Friday and the discovery of his Resurrection on Easter Sunday, when Christ was thought to have entered hell, defeated Satan, and freed the worthy souls who had been imprisoned there, including David, Solomon, John the Baptist and other prophets, and the first parents, Adam and Eve. Beneath is a depiction of the Holy Women mourning at Christ's tomb and then learning of the Resurrection from the angel.
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Document identity
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9120
label
Resurrection of Christ
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drawing
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9120
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drawing
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normalized
title
Resurrection of Christ
description
This icon, one of the finest in North America, features the "Anastasis," or the Resurrection of Christ, the traditional Byzantine image depicting Christ's descent into hell to redeem the Just of the Old Testament. In the upper portion of the painting, the Harrowing of Hell is shown. In the Christian tradition, this is the period of time between Christ's burial on Good Friday and the discovery of his Resurrection on Easter Sunday, when Christ was thought to have entered hell, defeated Satan, and freed the worthy souls who had been imprisoned there, including David, Solomon, John the Baptist and other prophets, and the first parents, Adam and Eve. Beneath is a depiction of the Holy Women mourning at Christ's tomb and then learning of the Resurrection from the angel.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1350-1375 (Medieval)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
icons
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.2
height
26.5
depth
3
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 3/16 x W: 10 7/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (36.2 x 26.5 x 3 cm)
style
Byzantine
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
inscriptions
[Translation] Of Greek inscription: And the women were sitting opposite the tomb. And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there to see [the place] where He had been buried
dynasty
Palaeologan Dynasty
med
tempera on wood with gilding
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287
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