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At the "Cloisters" site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Figure of Jesus on the Cross at The Cloisters, Originally from Castile-León, from the convent of Santa Clara at Astudillo, near Palencia; C. 1150-1200 (2 of 3) Brief Description: This lifesize Jesus fixed onto a cross originally hung above the altar of a church. Despite the wounds in his hands, feet, and side, the symmetry of Jesus’ face and body suggests calm and offers little evidence of his suffering and death. Instead, his open eyes, gold crown, and jeweled loincloth— once sky-blue in color, with gold stripes and a red lining—imply that he is triumphing over death. This image of Jesus alive on the cross, which appeared by the fifth century, was the first way medieval artists depicted the Crucifixion. Also: Spanish; Castile-León, from the convent of Santa Clara at Astudillo, near Palencia Jesus: (repainted five times) white oak, paint over gesso, gilding, and applied stones; cross: red pine with paint over gesso; H. (Jesus) 70 in. (177.8 cm), H. (cross) 102 3/8 in. (260 cm) Back painted with the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) at the center, scrolls ending in leaves along the arms, and parts of two Evangelists’ symbols at the ends of the crossbar Samuel D. Lee Fund, 1935 (35.36a,b) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/58330/Fuentiduena-Chapel-at-The-Cloisters-a-branch-of-the-Metropolitan