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Source Description
Bronze icons were a popular, inexpensive substitute for those made out of more precious metals. The Virgin is shown as an intercessor with her hands raised in prayer, turning toward Christ in the upper right corner. This portrait type of the Virgin "Hagiosoritissa" comes from an icon in the chapel of the Holy Shrine (in Greek, Hagios Soros) in Constantinople, where relics of the Virgin's mantle were preserved.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
6442
label
Virgin Mary
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6442
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Virgin Mary
description
Bronze icons were a popular, inexpensive substitute for those made out of more precious metals. The Virgin is shown as an intercessor with her hands raised in prayer, turning toward Christ in the upper right corner. This portrait type of the Virgin "Hagiosoritissa" comes from an icon in the chapel of the Holy Shrine (in Greek, Hagios Soros) in Constantinople, where relics of the Virgin's mantle were preserved.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
12th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
icons
reliefs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
8.3
depth
1.3
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/2 in. (9.5 x 8.3 x 1.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
dynasty
Comnenean Dynasty
med
bronze
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
89387cb155d81e35