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Portable Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion

1600s
painted wood panel within enameled brass frame
6.5 × 6.2 cm (2.6 × 2.4 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This triptych icon was probably commissioned by a lay person for private prayer and meditation. It could be folded and shut when not in use. The scenes represented from left to right are: The Crucifixion (left); The Resurrection and Anastasis (center); and Adoration of the Miracle-Working Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God (right). Small portable icons such as this were common to later Russian religious practice.

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