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Initial D: The Cross
Taddeo Crivelliabout 1469
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
An image of the cross marks the beginning of the service of the Hours of the Cross. The Crown of Thorns and two scourges, symbols of the tortures Jesus suffered, hang on the cross as trophies of Christ's victory over death.
Details
- Title: Initial D: The Cross
- Creator: Taddeo Crivelli
- Date Created: about 1469
- Location Created: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 10.8 × 7.9 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.ML.109.102v
- Culture: Italian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 13, fol. 102v
- Creator Display Name: Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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