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Source Description
Such large, powerful portraits of Christ "Pantokrator" (almighty) were customarily displayed on the iconostasis, or icon screen, separating the lay people in the nave from the altar area of the church. The use of an iconostasis, as well as this type of portrait icon, were adopted from Byzantium. In style, however, the icon is distinctly Russian, with Christ's large, heavily shadowed eyes and straight, narrow nose contributing to a stern expression appropriate to his role as Judge and Ruler.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
40130
label
Christ Pantokrator
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40130
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Christ Pantokrator
description
Such large, powerful portraits of Christ "Pantokrator" (almighty) were customarily displayed on the iconostasis, or icon screen, separating the lay people in the nave from the altar area of the church. The use of an iconostasis, as well as this type of portrait icon, were adopted from Byzantium. In style, however, the icon is distinctly Russian, with Christ's large, heavily shadowed eyes and straight, narrow nose contributing to a stern expression appropriate to his role as Judge and Ruler.
provenance
Acquired by Alexandre Polovtsoff, Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
16th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
icons
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
79.8
height
58.8
depth
3
dimensionsRaw
31 7/16 x 23 1/8 x 1 3/16 in. (79.8 x 58.8 x 3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
med
tempera on wood
creator_ids
6214
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
1957
69
563
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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56a2dae8c0afd53d