Cleveland Museum of Art

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ (right wing: Entry into Jerusalem and Entombment)

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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