Scenes from the Life of Christ: Resurrection (Noli me tangere), Painting is one image that depict scenes from the life of Christ, painted by Giotto. This scene depicts the biblical story from the gospel of John in which after the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene attempted to cling to the risen body and Christ. Jesus stepped back and stated "Noli me tangere," loosely translated from the Greek to "cease holding onto me." Here, the image is a detail of Jesus Christ., 1304-1306

 Item — Box: 44
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss01-i0373

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Scenes from the Life of Christ: Resurrection (Noli me tangere), Painting is one image that depict scenes from the life of Christ, painted by Giotto. This scene depicts the biblical story from the gospel of John in which after the Resurrection, Mary Magdalene attempted to cling to the risen body and Christ. Jesus stepped back and stated "Noli me tangere," loosely translated from the Greek to "cease holding onto me." Here, the image is a detail of Jesus Christ.

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.0371; Public Notes: Duplicate found in box 268 SC.MSS.088.DUPL.0086

Dates

  • Creation: 1304-1306

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: Paintings; Panel Paintings; Frescoes; Resurrection Scenes; Gospel of John; Jesus Christ; Mary Magdalene; Religious Scenes; Biblical Scenes; School: Florence; Style period: Early Renaissance; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 10.2; Image width (in.): 7.7in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Medium: tempera; Physical condition: Slight curl; yellowed.; Print type: black and white; Support: plaster

General

Part of master image SC.MSS.088.FLOR.0365; Artist Nationality: Italian; Artist Status: Confirmed; Inscription translation text type:

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Repository Details

Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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