| Title: | Christ and Saint John the Evangelist |
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| Notes: | This sculptural group featuring Saint John the Evangelist resting on the shoulder of Christ was a prolific subject in Swabia, the region on the Swiss border. The subject appears to be unique to this region, where it became popular in the years following 1300. Many of these devotional sculptures adorned the chapels of Dominican convents; this is artistically among the finest to survive. It captures the pathos of the moment, based on the Gospel of John (13:23), which states that during the Last Supper one of Christ’s disciples, namely "whom Jesus loved," was resting on his shoulder. As a focus for devotion and contemplation, this sculpture reflects the fundamental religious beliefs rooted in the mysticism that dominated the period. Mysticism was a movement that intended to stimulate the contemplation of Christ’s Passion and suffering. Mysticism encouraged private devotion and religious images, called andachtsbilder (devotional images), appeared in large numbers in late medieval Germany. [Wikimedia, link below.] |
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| Date: | 1300-1320 |
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| Building: | Cleveland Museum of Art
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| Object/Function: | Sculpture, freestanding |
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| City/Town: | Cleveland
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| State: | OH
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| Country: | United States
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| Scripture: | Psalm 46
John 13:21-32
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| Person as Subject: | Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
John, the Apostle (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | CRegn
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| General Subject: | Comforter
Refuge
Faith
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clevelandart_1928.753.jpg |
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| Attribution: | Christ and Saint John the Evangelist, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57233 [retrieved April 29, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clevelandart_1928.753.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 57233
Last Updated: 2020-12-17 20:03:44
Record Created: 2019-11-09 17:30:51 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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