Dormition of the Virgin

10th-11th century (Medieval)

12.3 cm 13.6 cm 1 cm

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This ivory follows the common model of a Byzantine scene of the Virgin on her deathbed surrounded by Christ, the apostles, and angels. Here, the Virgin's child-like soul is depicted twice: on the left, an angel receives the soul; on the right, the same angel carries it to par...

Sculpture

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35503
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Henri Daguerre, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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