logo
Log in
EN
IT
FR
DE
ES
logo
EN
IT
FR
DE
ES
artsupp banner
Log in
Tapestry Representing December
Tapestry depicting January.
Tapestry depicting February.
Geometric military compass by Galileo Galilei
Jesus crucified between the two thieves
Gonzaga uprising
Blue chest
Eight Emperor
Casket of Saints Cyprian and Justina
Jug
Monstrance of Voghera
The Standard of Milan
Marie at the tomb
Tapestry Representing December
Tapestry depicting January.
Tapestry depicting February.
Geometric military compass by Galileo Galilei
Jesus crucified between the two thieves
Gonzaga uprising
Blue chest
Eight Emperor
Casket of Saints Cyprian and Justina
Jug
Monstrance of Voghera
The Standard of Milan
Marie at the tomb

Marie at the tomb

Anonymous

Displayed in:

Museum of Decorative Arts

Museum of Decorative Arts

Piazza Castello, Milan

Closed now: open at 09:30

Verified profile

The low relief tablet is among the most refined examples of late antique ivories. It is rightly a very famous work because it is one of the first ivory diptychs of religious content and one of the earliest known representations of the Holy Sepulchre. Beneath the images of two Evangelists, Luke symbolized by the bull and Matthew by the angel, the tomb of Christ is depicted. In the scene below, the women who came to weep for the dead Savior meet a character identifiable as the angel or the risen Christ himself. The presence of only two evangelists suggests that there was another leaf, now lost. On the building behind the women, the door panels show three gospel scenes, the resurrection of Lazarus, Zacchaeus climbing the tree to see Jesus, and Christ teaching the crowd. Stylistic reasons lead to an early dating, at the beginning of the 5th century; the refined workmanship, the still late antique culture of the sculptor, the extraordinary softness of the carving place its execution in one of the capitals of the Western Empire, probably Rome. Belonging to the Trivulzio Collection, it was purchased in 1935 by the Municipality of Milan.
Read more

Details

Title: Marie at the tomb

Author: Anonymous

Date: 5th century.

Technique: Ivory

Displayed in: Museum of Decorative Arts

Exhibitions

about the artist

All ongoing and upcoming exhibitions where there are works by

Other works

at Milan

Related Searches

See more