| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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|---|---|
| Title | The Virgin Mary Swooning and The Descent from the Cross (fragment from a retable) |
| Date | ca. 1450 - ca. 1500 |
| Period | 15th century |
| Location | Hainaut TGN |
| Medium and support | polychromy AAT |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | walnut (wood) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-EB |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-EB |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/683/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D334 adult Christ together with apostles, evangelists, saints, etc. Iconclass 11D351 Christ suffering (with crown of thorns, head usually turned sidewards) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11HH(MARY KLEOPHAS) Mary Kleophas, sister of the Virgin Mary, mother of James the Less ('Maria Jacobi'); possible attributes: jar of ointment Iconclass 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE) the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge Iconclass 31B181 fainting, swooning Iconclass 31B6214 weeping Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning Iconclass 73D71 descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross, usually by Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathaea who are standing on the ladders (both arms of Christ detached) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Early Netherlandish AAT |
| Oude Meesters uit het Museum voor schone Kunsten Gent in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2004 (s.p., cat. 15) |
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