Portable Triptych Icon: The Crucifixion
Unknown Artist
1600s
Medium
painted wood panel within enameled brass frame
Dimensions
unframed: 6.5 × 6.2 × 0.7 cm · closed: 7.3 × 6.9 × 3.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Harry F. Stratton
Accession Number
1961.35.b
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.