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Source Description
This plaque, which may have formed the central panel of a triptych, shows the Virgin standing in an elegant pose with her weight on one leg, perhaps inspired by the Classical tradition. This portrait type of the Virgin, who holds the Christ Child in her right arm while grasping his leg with her left hand, is called "Dexiokratousa" (Greek for "holding with her right hand").
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
40893
label
Virgin and Child
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
40893
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
This plaque, which may have formed the central panel of a triptych, shows the Virgin standing in an elegant pose with her weight on one leg, perhaps inspired by the Classical tradition. This portrait type of the Virgin, who holds the Christ Child in her right arm while grasping his leg with her left hand, is called "Dexiokratousa" (Greek for "holding with her right hand").
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
10th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8
height
6.2
depth
0.9
dimensionsRaw
3 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 5/16 in. (8 x 6.2 x 0.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
dynasty
Macedonian Dynasty
med
ivory
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
2066
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
095e7f24c28e12c0