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Source Description
This finely carved wooden diptych (two-panel icon) is set in an elaborate silver frame decorated with pearls. Its outside has images of Saint George and Saint Demetrius on horseback. When open, the diptych was used for personal prayer. Its eighteen small scenes correspond to major feast days of the church calendar: the Raising of Lazarus, Ascension, Entry into Jerusalem, Resurrection, Crucifixion, Lamentation, Pentecost, Saint Nicholas, Dormition (Death) of the Virgin; Transfiguration, Annunciation, Mid-Pentecost (Luke 4:16-28), Baptism, Nativity, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, Synaxis (Assembly) of the Archangels, and Healing of the Blind Man.
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Document identity
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36957
label
Diptych Icon with Feasts of the Church
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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36957
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title
Diptych Icon with Feasts of the Church
description
This finely carved wooden diptych (two-panel icon) is set in an elaborate silver frame decorated with pearls. Its outside has images of Saint George and Saint Demetrius on horseback. When open, the diptych was used for personal prayer. Its eighteen small scenes correspond to major feast days of the church calendar: the Raising of Lazarus, Ascension, Entry into Jerusalem, Resurrection, Crucifixion, Lamentation, Pentecost, Saint Nicholas, Dormition (Death) of the Virgin; Transfiguration, Annunciation, Mid-Pentecost (Luke 4:16-28), Baptism, Nativity, Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, Synaxis (Assembly) of the Archangels, and Healing of the Blind Man.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Wood
diptychs
icons
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1
pageCount
1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
8
height
11.4
depth
1.1
dimensionsRaw
3 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 7/16 in. (8 x 11.4 x 1.1 cm)
Source extras
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Orthodox Eastern
style
Post-Byzantine
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
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boxwood, gilded silver, pearls, modern textile
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6256
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MED
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2128
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1ece9e1924faa976