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The Elevation of the Cross (also called The Raising of the Cross) is the name of two paintings, a very large triptych in oil on panel and a much smaller oil on paper painting. [1] Both pieces were painted by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp , Belgium , the original in 1610 and the latter in 1638. [ 1 ]
The Gospels only describe Jesus being "crucified" on the Golgotha, and do not provide a detailed account of process. [2] As an iconographic subject, the raising of the cross depicts the moment when, after Jesus was nailed on the cross on the ground, the cross is raised to a vertical position by Roman soldiers, sometimes using ropes or ladders.
The Elevation of the Holy Cross is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church. Elevation of the Cross or Raising of the Cross may also refer to: The Elevation of the Cross, a 1610-1611 painting by Peter Paul Rubens; The Raising of the Cross, a c.1633 painting by Rembrandt
The deposition of the dead Christ from the Cross has been a symbolic theme since the fifteen century. Ruben got the idea for the painting Descent from the Cross before he was commissioned by the Harquebusiers. [6] Unlike The Descent from the Cross (van der Weyden), Christ's body is lowered down carefully by group of men. Ruben uses the white ...
The Elevation of the Cross. The composition of this picture exhibits the Saviour naked all but the loins, attached to a lofty cross, which several men are exerting their efforts to raise ; one of them, partly clad in armour, is pulling in front ; while a second is aiding behind, and a third is at the side.
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Descent from the Cross is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1600–1602 by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. It was his first major commissioned work made for the private chapel of Eleonora de’ Medici Gonzaga (1567–1611), duchess of Mantua. The painting remained somewhat obscure until 2001, when it was discovered by German art historian ...
The Elevation of the Holy Cross (Greek: Ύψωση του Τιμίου Σταυρού), also known as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated on September 14. The feast is celebrated on the anniversary of the day on which St. Helena found the True Cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was ...