An elephant ivory diptych with metal mounts, French, circa 1350, carved with narrative scenes from the Passion including the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, its figures including Christ, the Virgin Mary and Judas per the museum's own subject tagging. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 17.190.208, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917.
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Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectNarrative scenes from the Passion of Christ, including the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, with figures the museum's own subject tagging identifies as Christ, the Virgin Mary and Judas Iscariot. 1 Physical Form
MediumElephant ivory diptych with metal mounts, French, circa 1350, Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.190.208 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Diptych with Scenes from the Passion, accession 17.190.208 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
The Met's own collection API subject tags name Judas directly among the figures this Passion diptych depicts, alongside Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Last Supper and Crucifixion narratives. He appears as one of several named figures within a Passion narrative cycle rather than as the panel's sole subject, which the corroborating Wikipedia record confirms is his conventional mode of depiction.
Source Diptych with Scenes from the Passion, accession 17.190.208 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Additional Source Judas Iscariot (Wikipedia)
Originated In
Source Metropolitan Museum of Art: Diptych with Scenes from the Passion (Metropolitan Museum of Art open access record)
Sources
1. Diptych with Scenes from the Passion, accession 17.190.208 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Artcatalogue record, medium/object-type descriptionQuote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
An elephant ivory diptych with metal mounts, French, circa 1350, carved with narrative scenes from the Passion including the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, its figures including Christ, the Virgin Mary and Judas per the museum's own subject tagging.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Diptych with Scenes from the Passion (Metropolitan Museum of Art open access record)
Metropolitan Museum of ArtOriginated In: France, countryQuote, Originated In: France, country
"country": "France"
Judas Iscariot (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: Judas IscariotQuote, Depicts: Judas Iscariot
He became the archetype of the traitor in Western art and literature.
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