Mourning Saint John

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mourning Saint John

Date
c. 1240–1260
Medium
painted wood
Culture
Austria, Region of Salzburg, Lungau?, 13th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
135158

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These traditional devotional figures at one time formed a Crucifixion group with a Crucified Christ (now lost). The ensemble may have been mounted high above the entrance to the sanctuary of a church on a barrier called a rood beam, beyond which lay people were not allowed. Crucifixion groups were common in medieval churches where they symbolized the sacrifice and real presence of Christ in the Mass.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
Provenance
(Dr. Kurt Rossacher, Salzburg); Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, Cleveland, Ohio.

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