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Jan Sadeler, I

Resurrection, from Passion of Christ

1575/1600
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
16.3 × 11.3 cm (6.4 × 4.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

In a final glorious salvo against death, Christ appears out of a brilliant cloud above his tomb, surrounded by angels and stupefying the Roman soldiers below, who scatter while shielding their eyes from the celestial glow. Reinforcing the gravity of the moment are the small skull and snake-encircled globe on Christ’s sarcophagus lid, once symbolizing wickedness and death, which now represent the vanquished enemies of humanity.

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