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Source Description
This tile was one in a series with portraits of the twelve apostles and a Deesis (Christ flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist) in the middle. Images of Paul (inv. 48.2086.20), Peter (48.2086.27), Andrew (48.2086.24), Thomas (48.2086.3), Bartholomew (48.2086.29), Matthew (48.2086.25), Luke (48.2086.21), and John the Evangelist (48.2086.28) also survive from it, as well as fragments of three further, unidentifiable busts (48.2086.8; 48.2086.22-23). The Baptist is shown with hands raised in prayer toward Christ, whose image is now lost.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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36052
label
Saint John the Baptist
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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36052
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object
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normalized
title
Saint John the Baptist
description
This tile was one in a series with portraits of the twelve apostles and a Deesis (Christ flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist) in the middle. Images of Paul (inv. 48.2086.20), Peter (48.2086.27), Andrew (48.2086.24), Thomas (48.2086.3), Bartholomew (48.2086.29), Matthew (48.2086.25), Luke (48.2086.21), and John the Evangelist (48.2086.28) also survive from it, as well as fragments of three further, unidentifiable busts (48.2086.8; 48.2086.22-23). The Baptist is shown with hands raised in prayer toward Christ, whose image is now lost.
provenance
Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase; Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase.
date
10th century (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
ceramic tiles
icons
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
41.9
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41.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 16 1/2 x W: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 x 41.91 cm)
Source extras
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Byzantine
dynasty
Macedonian Dynasty
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ceramic with glaze
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6640
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BYZ
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none
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