Study for Triptych: The Compassionate Christ: Symbol of Reunion
Entry/Object ID
5358
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Edith Emerson, Philadelphia
Notes
Date: August 1982
Credit Line: Bequest of Edith Emerson
Means of Accession: Bequest
Made/Created
Artist
Violet Oakley
Date made
1940
Place
City
Philadelphia
State
Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Dimensions
Height
12-1/4 in
Length
24 in
Dimension Notes
Framed: 22 3/4x29 3/4 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Exhibition Label
Label
This is a study for a triptych, depicting Christ raising the widow’s son from the dead (Luke 7: 11-15). At age 60, Violet Oakley painted 25 altarpiece triptychs for the Citizen’s Committee for the Army and Navy.
