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Source Description
This fragment of a steatite icon contains part of a scene showing Christ before the high priests Annas and Caiphas. Identifiable by their robes, the priests stand under a canopy on the right. In front of them is the officer who struck Christ during his interrogation by Annas (Jn 18:22). While steatite is softer and easier to carve than ivory, it is also more fragile, and easily breaks into pieces.
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Document identity
localId
4348
label
Interrogation of Christ
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4348
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Interrogation of Christ
description
This fragment of a steatite icon contains part of a scene showing Christ before the high priests Annas and Caiphas. Identifiable by their robes, the priests stand under a canopy on the right. In front of them is the officer who struck Christ during his interrogation by Annas (Jn 18:22). While steatite is softer and easier to carve than ivory, it is also more fragile, and easily breaks into pieces.
provenance
[Found in Constantinople]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
icons
relief
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.6
height
8
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
3 x 3 3/16 x 3/8 in. (7.6 x 8 x 1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
dynasty
Comnenean Dynasty
med
steatite
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3f88cd0626818587