Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (left wing: Raising of Lazarus and Crucifixion)

Date
c. 1350–1375
Medium
ivory
Culture
Germany, Thuringia or Saxony, 14th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

Ivory diptychs (two panels hinged together) were used for private devotion by their aristocratic owners. The scenes represented here are Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, the Raising of Lazarus, the Crucifixion, and Christ’s Entombment. They suggest choices made by the original owner who wished to contemplate these aspects of Christ’s passion.

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