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Title
Detail of a painting by Monkascy depicting Christ's crucifixion
Creator
Monkascy , Michael
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of detail of a painting by Monkascy depicting Christ's crucifixion, [s.d.]. There are three men being crucified in the painting, all of them bearded and shirtless, clothed only in a cloth around their waists. Jesus is at the center of the picture, and three women are kneeling at the base of his cross, crying, while a man looks on. Behind the woman on the left is a turbaned man holding a hatchet and a ladder, and behind him is a large crowd. In the right foreground is a soldier in a chest plate holding a spear, while in the left foreground is a surprised man wearing a turban and looking up at Christ. Compares to: CHS-9635.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m18437
USC-1-1-1-14104 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9633
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18437
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9633.jpg
Subject
Art--Christian #3
Jesus Christ
Deserts
Source
9633 [Accession number]
CHS-9633 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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