The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Mourning Saint John
c. 1240–1260
Overall: 43.8 x 11.5 cm (17 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Location: 109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
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.- (Dr. Kurt Rossacher, Salzburg); Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 51 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 51 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 56 archive.org
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.189