Diptych Icon with Feasts of the Church

18th century (Early Modern)

11.4 cm 8 cm 1.1 cm

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This finely carved wooden diptych (two-panel icon) is set in an elaborate silver frame decorated with pearls. Its outside has images of Saint George and Saint Demetrius on horseback. When open, the diptych was used for personal prayer. Its eighteen small scenes correspond to m...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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