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The materials used were egg tempera paint and gold leaf on a wood panel.  The height of the painting is 44.5 cm (17.5 in) and the width is 63.5 cm (25 in).  The work is dated between 1440 and 1492.  The painting is unique because artists rarely used Christogram symbols in fine art paintings.  To the left and right of the image two spheres appear within diamond-shaped symbols.  The sphere to our left is the sun and on our right, the moon appears.  Both planetary figures are painted in detail.  The Christogram features the crucifixion in the letters I and H.  The Virgin Mary appears within the letter I.  She stands on a pedestal weeping the crucifixion.  The garment of the celestial figure is painted in the traditional Byzantine style.  Above the Virgin appears an angel with a cup.  The angel is about to collect the blood seeping out of the wounded Christ figure.  A similar angel appears in Pavias's Crucifixion collecting the blood of Christ.  The part of the H with the body of Christ is folded on the top edges.  The figure follows Italian-Greek Byzantine prototypes.  Within the same letter of the Christogram below the crucified body appears the ancient biblical figure Adam.  He stands outside of a cave.  In the next portion of the letter H John the Evangelist appears in his traditional position as part of the crucifixion sequence.  He stands on a similar pedestal as the Virgin Mary as he looks away.Within the final letter S of the Christogram, in the lower portion of the letter three guards are dumfounded at the heavenly escape of the resurrected figure.  The guards hold shields the guard closest to the angel also holds a sphere while he sits on a rock.  The artist elegantly creates a visual space within the letter.  The sarcophagus illustrates deeper space clear diagonal lines and the holy towel is weightless in a spaceless setting.  An angel sits over the entire scene at the lower portion of the sarcophagus.  A bright radiant aura surrounds the resurrected figure.  In a scene to our right in the upper most portion of the letter S.  The resurrected figure embraces a group of biblical figures.  The entire icon is covered with beautiful vines.  The Greek inscription below reads ΈΣΤΑΥΡΩΘΗΣ ΑΝΑΜΑΡΤΗΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΕΝ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΩ ΚΑΤΕΤΕΘΗΣ ΕΚΩΝ ΑΛΛ'ΕΞΑΝΕΣΤΗΣ ΩΣ ΘΕΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΓΕΙΡΑΣ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΠΑΤΟΡΑ ΜΝΗΣΘΗΤΙ ΜΟΥ ΚΡΑΖΟΝΤΑ ΟΤΑΝ ΕΛΘΗΣ ΕΝ ΤΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ ΣΟΥ (You were crucified without sin, you were willingly placed in a tomb but you were resurrected as God with the aid of the ancestors possibly Adam, remember me I cry, when you enter your kingdom.)
Christogram Crucifixion John the Evangelist