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Source Description
This woodcarving contains images of Christ's Baptism and Ascension accompanied by versified inscriptions and framed with busts of the prophets Elisha, Micah, Haggai, and Joel, Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Theodore Stratelates. The panel once formed one of the four walls of a rectangular box or cross base. Another fragment from the same object, with images of the Raising of Lazarus and Dormition (Death) of the Virgin, is now in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (inv. Omega 265).
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Document identity
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1670
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Baptism and Ascension of Christ
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Source metadata
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1670
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title
Baptism and Ascension of Christ
description
This woodcarving contains images of Christ's Baptism and Ascension accompanied by versified inscriptions and framed with busts of the prophets Elisha, Micah, Haggai, and Joel, Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Theodore Stratelates. The panel once formed one of the four walls of a rectangular box or cross base. Another fragment from the same object, with images of the Raising of Lazarus and Dormition (Death) of the Virgin, is now in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (inv. Omega 265).
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
14th century (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Wood
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4
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4
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import
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cm
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24.1
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7.6
depth
2.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/2 x W: 3 x D: 1 1/16 in. (24.1 x 7.6 x 2.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
inscriptions
[Transcription] Τὸν δεσπότην βάπτισον
/ ὦ Ζαχαρίου
καὶ μὴ παραίτ/ου παγγένους πλήσει(ν) ῥύπου. Λ[όχο]ς vel Χ[όρο]ς μαθητῶν ἀετι/δ[έως] νόθος τὸν ἥλιο/ν βλέπουσι Χ(ριστὸ)ν ὀξέως.[Translation] Baptize Our Lord
O son of Zachariah
But do not entreat [Him] to wash the filth from mankind.Like an eagle seeing the sun in all its brightness
The apostles watch the rising of Our Savior.
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Palaeologan Dynasty
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