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Triptych Icon | 1961.35
 
  Title:Triptych Icon
Other Titles:Former title: The Crucifixion
Former title: Portable Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion
Maker:Russia, Moscow(?), 17th century
Date:1600s
Classification: painting
Acquisition: Gift of Mrs. Harry F. Stratton
Location: Not on display

Accession Number:1961.35
Department: European Paintings and Sculpture
Inscription: Inscribed throughout in traditional Church Russian (Church Slavonic) with names of prophets, saints, etc. Engraved on the outside of the brass frame is a cross with the symbols of the Passion, inscribed (top to bottom): The King of Glory; Jesus Christ; Victor; Lance (with which Christ was speared); Stick (tipped with acid to aggravate the wound); the initials R, B, M, L, G, G, standing for various personages represented in the paintings; and at the lower center, the Russian letters GA ("Golova Adama": Head of Adam).

A scrap of paper was found behind the center panel, but it is damaged and very difficult to read. Professor A. Dean McKenzie of the University of Oregon, who translated the numerous inscriptions and identified the iconography of the panels, likewise examined the writing on the paper scrap and in a letter of January 29, 1979, said that it refers to two brothers: Ivan Dmitrievich, one of the brothers, apparently presented this icon as a gift to his younger brother.

See Also:

Brass, 170 works.
painting, 2474 works.
Russia, 378 works.
Russia, Moscow, 4 works.

Component parts of this object:

Triptych Icon: The Resurrection and Descent into Limbo | 1961.35.a
1961.35.a
Triptych Icon: The Resurrection and Descent into Limbo
Former title: The Resurrection
Former title: Portable Triptych Icon: The Ressurection
Medium:
Measurements: Unframed: 6.5cm x 6cm x 0.2cm, Closed: 7.3cm x 6.9cm x 3.4cm, Open and extended: 7cm x 19.1cm


Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion | 1961.35.b
1961.35.b
Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion
Former title: The Crucifixion
Former title: Portable Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion
Medium:
Measurements: Unframed: 6.5cm x 6.2cm x 0.7cm, Closed: 7.3cm x 6.9cm x 3.4cm, Open and extended: 7cm x 19.1cm


Triptych Icon: Donor, Patron Saints, and Guardian Angel Adoring the Vladimir Icon | 1961.35.c
1961.35.c
Triptych Icon: Donor, Patron Saints, and Guardian Angel Adoring the Vladimir Icon
Former title: Saints Adoring the Vladimir Icon
Former title: Portable Triptych Icon: Adoration of the Miracle-Working Icon, Vladimir Mother of God
Medium:
Measurements: Unframed: 6.2cm x 6cm x 0.5cm, Closed: 7.3cm x 6.9cm x 3.4cm, Open and extended: 7cm x 19.1cm


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