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| Keywords: Georgios Klontzas - Scenes of Christ's Passion - Walters 37628 - Open.jpg This folding icon was originally a triptych three-paneled icon ; the right wing is now lost The panels that remain depict on the left Christ on the Road to Calvary and on the right the Crucifixion This icon is an excellent example of the art produced on the Greek Island of Crete then under Venetian control where the Byzantine tradition of icon painting had survived the fall of the empire The strong color contrasts fluid highlights and contorted poses of the figures suggest that the icon was painted by George Klontzas one of the most innovative Cretan icon painters of the late 16th century between 1550 1600 Early Modern tempera wood cm 18 7 14 5 3 5 accession number 37 628 35213 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Holy Image Holy Space Icons and Frescoes from Greece The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Center for the Fine Arts Miami; Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco; The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond 1988-1990 place of origin Crete Greece Walters Art Museum license 3D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Georgios Klontzas Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
