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| Keywords: Russian - Crucifixion - Walters 37309.jpg 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 century 16 Early Modern tempera wood cm 31 2 25 5 2 accession number 37 309 40760 Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 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 Russian Art Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1959-1960 A Millennium of Christianity Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Russia Walters Art Museum license 2D Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Religious art in Russia Art of the Russian Orthodox Church Russian icons in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
