Légende

Cross: Crucifixion of Christ, Old Believers workshop; crosses; Jesus Christ Bible; angels; skull iconography; Adam Bible; Crucifixion iconography; moon iconography; sun iconography; instruments of the Passion of the Lord iconography; Jerusalem Israel/Palestine; Mandylion iconography; Golgotha iconography; Old Believers; inscriptions. The obverse shows Christ crucified on Golgotha. Below the cross in the grotto are shown Adam's skull and the tree of Seth; at the level of the footstool is a view of Jerusalem; on the crossbar are symbols of the sun and moon, and in the upper part above the cross the Mandylion and two angels descending towards Christ. The relief is decorative, very carefully crafted. The set of inscriptions and the font are typical of Bezpopovtsy Old Believer crosses. On the reverse there is an engraved plant ornament typical of the Pomeranian environment. 19th century, Northern Russia. Cross, height 38.5 cm, width 20.2 cm., A metallic cross-shaped plaque with a raised central figure of a crucified man wearing a loincloth, shown head slightly tilted and arms outstretched, surrounded by ornate decorative frames and relief scenes; above the central figure is a smaller raised image of a bearded face within a rectangular panel flanked by winged figures, and along the horizontal arms are small round faces and additional carved motifs; below the feet of the central figure the vertical shaft contains relief scenes of buildings, a winding landscape, and a carved face set among textured forms; the object is uniformly metallic gold in color against a plain light gray background.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A19_035

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.9Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Cross Crucifixion Christ Old Believers workshop crosses Jesus Christ Bible angels skull iconography Adam Bible Crucifixion iconography moon iconography sun iconography instruments Passion Lord iconography Jerusalem Israel Palestine Mandylion iconography Golgotha iconography Old Believers inscriptions obverse Christ crucified Golgotha cross grotto shown Adam's skull tree Seth level footstool view Jerusalem crossbar symbols sun moon upper part Mandylion two angels descending towards Christ relief decorative carefully crafted set font typical Bezpopovtsy Old Believer crosses reverse engraved plant ornament typical Pomeranian environment 19th century Northern Russia height 38.5 cm width 20.2 cm metallic cross-shaped plaque raised central figure crucified man wearing loincloth shown head slightly tilted arms outstretched surrounded ornate decorative frames relief scenes central figure smaller raised image bearded face within rectangular panel flanked winged figures horizontal arms small round faces additional carved motifs feet vertical shaft contains scenes buildings winding landscape carved face set textured forms object uniformly metallic gold color plain light gray background.