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| Keywords: Byzantine - Crucifixion - Walters 71244.jpg The Crucifixion is one of the most common themes carved on Byzantine ivory triptychs While Saint John the Evangelist usually carries a Gospel Book this ivory depicts him with both hands raised in adoration The Virgin's hands are covered with a fold of her mantle a gesture of indicating grief All of the faces have been worn down over time a clear indication that the ivory was stroked and rubbed during devotional prayers century 10 Medieval ivory cm 17 12 1 accession number 71 244 8304 Octave Homberg Paris by purchase Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris May 16 1908 no 463 Jacques Seligmann Paris 1908 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 Christ The Mother of God and Saint John Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine ivory in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
