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Legend of the Holy Cross, Seth Receives the Twig and the Twig Grows from Adam's Tomb, detail

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Description: Legend of the Holy Cross, Seth Receives the Twig and the Twig Grows from Adam's...
TitleLegend of the Holy Cross, Seth Receives the Twig and the Twig Grows from Adam's Tomb, detail
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1485
Object typePainting
LocationHoly Cross Chapel, Duttenberg, Germany
SubjectsMural painting and decoration, German--MedievalChurch decoration and ornamentTrees--Religious aspects--ChristianityChristian legends
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1. The Vegetable Saint
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Description: The Trees of the Cross: Wood as Subject and Medium in the Art of Late Medieval...
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Since its appearance by 1304, the Crucifixus dolorosus in Cologne’s Santa Maria im Kapitol has arrested...
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Gregory C. Bryda
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2023 by Gregory C. Bryda
Related print edition pages: pp.21-51
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31677&redirecttoanchor=106226
Chapter subject tags:Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--Art--MedievalMural painting and decoration, MedievalWood-carving, Medieval--GermanyMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art--MedievalTrees--Religious aspects--Christianity--MedievalSculpture, Medieval--GermanyGermany--Religious life and customs--MedievalHoly Cross--Legends--Art--MedievalIllumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval

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LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/milagros-de-los-santos-medicos-cosme-y-damian/bfdb052e-4eb4-4aeb-9167-d1e2b247bb8d?searchid=4a9582ed-43fb-1bb0-fdd6-4a663bb62100
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Creator rolePainter
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http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/paintings-sculpture-online/interior-st-peters-rome
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436569
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http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/c38d4c62.html
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http://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/784/?offset=15&lv=list
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