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Raising of the Cross

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As an iconographic subject, the raising of the cross depicts the moment when, after Jesus was nailed on the cross on the ground, the cross is raised to a vertical position by Roman soldiers, sometimes using ropes or ladders. Figures named in the Gospels may be present at the scene, such as
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After Jesus had been nailed to the Cross, lying upon the ground, the executioners raised the instrument of punishment by means of ropes, the foot being first planted in a hole which had previously been
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in 1563, the following statement was pronounced regarding the raising of the cross, explaining the use of ropes in representations:
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Although the nailing of Jesus on the cross and the raising of the cross are not described in the
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The subject became popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with artists such as
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Comments on Rembrandt's Passion paintings and Constantijn Huygens's iconography
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Central panel of a triptych by the Master of the Stötteritz Altar, circa 1500
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among the first to produce significant works with the subject.
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notes that Jesus was referring to his death (John 12:33).
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has depicted these scenes as part of the narrative of the
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Notable depictions of the raising of the Cross include:
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The Raising of the Cross
Elevation of the Holy Cross

Life of Christ in art
Crucifixion of Jesus
Tintoretto
van Dyck
Rubens
Gospels
Christian art
crucifixion of Jesus
Golgotha
Pontius Pilate
Mary, mother of Jesus
beloved disciple
women at the crucifixion
Council of Trent
Gospel of John
John
The Elevation of the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens
The Raising of the Cross
Rembrandt
by Christoph Schwarz, 1587
by Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1620
by Rubens, 1620
by Anthony van Dyck, 1631
by Rembrandt, 1633
by Adriaen Backer, 1683
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