Large Ornate Rosary Crucifix - The Virgin Mary & John the Apostle in a Stabat Mater - John 19:26 Woman, Behold Your Son

Large ornate rosary crucifix with a cut-out design that depicts a Stabat Mater with the Virgin Mary and the disciple John on either side of Jesus on the cross. This scene is from John 19:25-27 - "Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home."

Stabat Mater (Latin for "the mother was standing") is a compositional form in the crucifixion of Jesus in art depicting the Virgin Mary under the cross during the crucifixion of Christ alongside John the Apostle. In these depictions, the Virgin Mary and John the apostle are standing under the cross during the crucifixion of Christ, with only these three figures shown. Mary is almost always standing to the right hand side of the body of her son Jesus on the cross, with John standing to the left.

Stabat Mater is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary, the other two being Mater Dolorosa (Mother of Sorrows) and Pietà.

Size: 2-1/4" long x 1-1/2" wide

Material: zamac base with an oxidized silverplate. Made in Italy.