Marble Group of St John and the Virgin at the Crucifixion
Created by Joseph Robinson Kirk
Date: 1860
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Object type: figure group
Material: stone - marble
Technique: carved
Description: Quotation listed: 'When Jesus therefore saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved, he said unto his mother, "Woman, behold thy son"; then saith he to the disciple, "behold thy mother"; and from that hour the disciple took her unto his own home.'
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
On sale at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
£220
Citing this record
'Marble Group of St John and the Virgin at the Crucifixion', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1203507731, accessed 24 Jan 2021]
