Sujet

The Deposition; Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, about 1471. Creator: Master of Mary of Burgundy.

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The Deposition; Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, about 1471. Additional Info:Immediately after the Crucifixion, Jesus' followers take his body down from the cross. Two men on ladders lower the body while Joseph of Arimathea, in his fur-trimmed robe, sways under the weight. The sumptuously dressed Mary Magdalene holds a ladder, while the more modestly dressed Virgin collapses on the ground with grief. At the foot of the cross, a skull identifies the site as the Mount of Golgotha. In the border, amidst lush vines, Adam and Eve mourn over the dead body of Abel on the lower left in an Old Testament episode, considered a prefiguration of the Virgin mourning over Jesus' body. The lion in the upper left may refer to Jesus as the Lion of Judah; it may also refer to the Resurrection, because, according to medieval legend, lion cubs were born dead but revived three days later when their father breathed into their faces. Conceived as a thematic whole, the miniature and border herald the service of Vespers in the Hours of the Passion.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A74_271

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NA

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,5Mo (2,6Mo) / 29,5cm x 42,0cm / 3490 x 4960 (300dpi)

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