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Panel - Three Saints; Christ and the Woman of Samaria; The Charge to the Apostles; The Rich Young Man; The Raising of Lazarus; Christ Healing the Blind Man; Scenes from the Life of Christ

Three Saints; Christ and the Woman of Samaria; The Charge to the Apostles; The Rich Young Man; The Raising of Lazarus; Christ Healing the Blind Man; Scenes from the Life of Christ

  • Object:

    Panel

  • Place of origin:

    Europe (made)
    Venice, Italy (possibly, made)
    Istanbul, Turkey (possibly, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1150-1300 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Elephant ivory carved in low relief

  • Museum number:

    280:1 to 6-1867

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case DR10

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During the period 900-1200, ivories were produced all over Europe, often in monasteries and ecclesiastical or royal courts. Pieces such as this were used for liturgical purposes. Ivory carvings appeared on book covers, reliquary caskets, antependia (the panel in front of an altar) and religious icons. These panels and inv. no. 279-1867 may have decorated the frame of a large icon or formed part of a reliquary. They depict (from the top left) three Saints, the parable of the Rich Young Man, Christ and the Woman of Samaria, Christ Healing the Blind Man, the Raising of Lazarus, the Healing of the Demoniac, the Deposition from the Cross, the Entombment, the Incredulity of St Thomas, the Charge to the Apostles, the Death of the Virgin, and three Saints.

Physical description

Six ivory panels depicting scenes from the life of Christ.
[Relief] Relief depcts Jesus placing His hand on the eyes of a man with a walking stick.
[Relief] Relief depicts Jesus bidding Lazarus, swathed in linen bands, to come forth from his tomb.
[Relief] Relief depicts Christ addressing the twelve apostles.
[Relief] Relief depicts Christ speaking to a woman.
[Relief] Relief depicts three saints (bishops).

Place of Origin

Europe (made)
Venice, Italy (possibly, made)
Istanbul, Turkey (possibly, made)

Date

ca. 1150-1300 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Elephant ivory carved in low relief

Dimensions

Height: 4.5 cm each panel, Width: 5 cm each panel

Descriptive line

Six ivory panels depicting scenes from the life of Christ, Byzantine (or possibly Venetian), ca. 1150-1300

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868., p. 11.
Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929. Part II. p. 71.
Goldschmidt, Adolph and Weitzmann, Kurt. Die Byzantinischen Elfenbeinskulpturen . II, 127.

Production Note

Byzantine or Venetian

Materials

Ivory

Techniques

Carving; Low relief

Subjects depicted

Saints; Jesus Christ; The Apostles; Miracle; Lazurus (Saint); Bishops (prelates)

Categories

Sculpture; Christianity

Collection code

SCP

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