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'For my vestments they did cast lots'

Charles Martin Hardie (1858–1916)

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

'For my vestments they did cast lots'

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This painting depicts Roman soldiers at the foot of the cross casting lots for Christ's robe. The painting illustrates a scene from the gospels and the citation in the title corresponds most closely to the Gospel According to Saint John, chapter 20, verse 24, 'Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots…' The figure of Saint John himself can be seen to the left of the soldiers alongside the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalen.

Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Edinburgh

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Title

'For my vestments they did cast lots'

Date

1895

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 121.9 x W 183.5 cm

Accession number

1994.190

Acquisition method

Diploma Work deposit, 1896

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

C M Hardie 1895

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Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

The Mound, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH2 2EL Scotland

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Charles Martin Hardie

1858–1916

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