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Icon with the Crucifixion

Mid-tenth-century Byzantine ivory Crucifixion panel, the surviving central portion of a triptych.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 17.190.44

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Title
Icon with the Crucifixion
Date
mid-10th century
Medium
Elephant ivory
Culture
Byzantine
Geography
Made in probably Constantinople
Classification
Ivories-Elephant
Rights checked
2026-09-10 · Public Domain

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Preserved registry: museum-object-reference; check current image rights before reuse

Current verification: The current official Met object record marks the image Public Domain and the Met Open Access statement permits unrestricted reuse of public-domain images.

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Geography + Transmission profile

Constantinople & Marmara

4th–15th c. Byzantine core; records vary · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

Imperial-capital and Marmara/Nicaean context.

Production / use

Object record: Mid-tenth-century Byzantine ivory Crucifixion panel, the surviving central portion of a triptych. Production place is taken only from explicit museum/graph evidence; current collection is a separate present-location state.

Movement / provenance

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Political / ecclesiastical

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Artistic relation

Object style is not used by itself to draw a transmission arrow.

Reception / adaptation

Current collection/reception is modern context and is not substituted for medieval geography.

Uncertainty

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Geography is not transmission proofGeographic proximity, shared typology, or visual similarity does not establish influence, workshop movement, trade, or transmission direction.
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Places + regional groupings

2 direct
Constantinopleassociated-with · qualified-source-backedConstantinopolitan Luxury Production Network← includes-object-production-evidence · qualified-source-backed

Verified objects

0 direct

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Icon types + scenes

1 direct
Crucifixiondepicts-scene · source-backed

Materials + making

1 direct
Ivoryuses-material · source-backed

History + actors

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Concepts + transmission methods

1 direct
Rights & Provenance Boundary← governs · system-rule
Two-step navigation

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Icon with the Crucifixionassociated-with →Constantinople← located-in →Hagia Sophia
Icon with the Crucifixionassociated-with →Constantinople← located-in →Chora Church / Monastery
Icon with the Crucifixionuses-material →Ivory← uses-material →Icon with Christ Pantokrator (Met 17.190.66)
Icon with the Crucifixionuses-material →Ivory← uses-material →Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
Icon with the Crucifixionuses-material →Ivoryused-for →Deesis
Icon with the Crucifixionassociated-with →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Hodegetria
Icon with the Crucifixionuses-material →Ivorycan-use-technique →Relief Carving
Icon with the Crucifixion← governs →Rights & Provenance Boundarydistinct-from →Icon Panel Making Reconstruction
Icon with the Crucifixiondepicts-scene →Crucifixionincludes →Saint John the Theologian
Icon with the Crucifixionassociated-with →Constantinople← occurs-at →Capture of Constantinople, 1204
Icon with the Crucifixionuses-material →Ivory← can-use-material →Icon
Icon with the Crucifixionassociated-with →Constantinople← connects →Byzantine–Slavic Transmission
Geography source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Crucifixion
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Discovery profile

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5 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 0 navigation themes

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CrucifixionIcon with the Crucifixion —depicts-scene→ Crucifixion · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-221.IvoryIcon with the Crucifixion —uses-material→ Ivory · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-222.ConstantinopleIcon with the Crucifixion —associated-with→ Constantinople · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-223.Constantinopolitan Luxury Production NetworkIcon with the Crucifixion ←includes-object-production-evidence— Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-671.
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Connected record

depicts-scene
Crucifixion
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
uses-material
Ivory
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
associated-with
Constantinople
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← governs
Rights & Provenance Boundary
system-rule
← includes-object-production-evidence
Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Crucifixion
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museum-object-reference; check current image rights before reuse

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