Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days

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Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days,

18th century

Russian Empire
y1956-110

Information

Title
Polyptych with twenty scenes from the Lives of Christ and the Virgin and Feast Days
Dates

18th century

Medium
Brass
Dimensions
open: 17 × 40.5 × 1 cm (6 11/16 × 15 15/16 × 3/8 in.) closed: 17 × 10 × 1.5 cm (6 11/16 × 3 15/16 × 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Albert Mathias Friend Jr., Class of 1915
Object Number
y1956-110
Place Made

Russian Empire

Inscription
In small cartouche under the apex of the arch: "Thy Cross do we adore, O Master, and thy Holy Resurrection do we glorify"
Culture
Russian
Type
metalwork, polyptychs, devotional objects
Materials
brass (alloy)
Subject
bible stories, passion, cartouches, floral patterns, pointed arches, religious art, relief, Christ, Mary

Albert Mathias Friend Jr., Princeton University Class of 1915 (1894-1956); 1956 bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum.

Polyptych

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