Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.
Please see the reasons for this title in the "Behind the scenes" section below, and/or the relevant discussion on the talk page.A medieval Flemish painting of the Crucifixion by a Franciscan friar was kept at a chapel in Austria-Hungary.
History[]
A replica of the painting owned by Henry Jones, Sr.
In the mid-13th century, a Franciscan friar painted[2] Jesus Christ's blood being caught in a representation of the Holy Grail during the crucifixion.[3] He got his account of the Grail from a knight of the First Crusade that claimed to have found the cup in "in a canyon deep in a range of mountains" with his two brothers. The painting was placed in a castle chapel in Klasenheim, Austria-Hungary and the knight's tale fell into local legend.[2]
In July 1906, Henry Walton Jones, Senior visited the original artwork while conducting his Grail studies. Though he realized that the knight would have had to have been over 150 years old to speak to a friar whose order didn't exist until a more than a century after the First Crusade, Jones's spiritual side took it as evidence that the Holy Grail did indeed bestow eternal life.[2] Jones kept a copy of the painting at the Jones residence in Utah in 1912 and it was situated above his fireplace at 25 Pine Road in Ferndale, New York by 1938.[1][3]
Indiana Jones later inherited his father's replica and kept it at his apartment in New York City in 1969.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
The painting in 1969.
The junior novelization of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade claims that the person shown capturing Christ's blood with the grail is Ecclesia.[5] However, other sources, such as The Ultimate Guide[6] and Rob MacGregor's novelization of the film identify the figure as that of Joseph of Arimathea.[7]
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Replica)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade novel (Replica)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade junior novel (Replica)
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Replica)
Sources[]
- Grail Diary
- From Star Wars To Indiana Jones - The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny