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Mourning Virgin

c. 1240–1260

Austria, Region of Salzburg, Lungau?, 13th century

Medium
painted wood
Measurements
Overall: 43.9 x 10.9 cm (17 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1957.500
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Location
109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
Print

Description

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.

Mourning Virgin

c. 1240–1260

Austria, Region of Salzburg, Lungau?, 13th century

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