The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Christ Holding a Chalice and Cross (recto); Resurrected Christ and Lamb of God (verso)
1666
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The disk rising above the chalice in Christ's hand represents the eucharistic wafer. Designs were impressed onto these disks of unleavened bread using special wafer irons, some of which have made it into museum collections.Description
In this drawing, a triumphant Christ holds the cross signifying his resurrection while offering a chalice as a symbol of his blood and sacrifice. In the background, Saint John the Baptist points, identifying Christ as the Lamb (or sacrifice) of God. Alonso Cano was an artist in Baroque Spain who made works primarily in the service of the Catholic Church and Spanish monarchs. Though no related painting is known, the composition is appropriate for an altarpiece, meant as a visual aid to clarify the meaning of the Catholic Mass.- In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2025-January 11, 2026).Alonso Cano (1601-1667). Drawings. Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (organizer) (April 2-May 31, 2009).Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (4/2/2009 - 5/31/2009): "Alonso Cano (1601-1667). Drawings"Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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