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| Keywords: Byzantine - Triptych Icon of the Virgin and Child with Saints - Walters 71158 - Back Open.jpg The center of this exquisite triptych three-paneled icon shows the Virgin holding the Christ Child and pointing toward him with her right hand This portrait type of the Virgin is known as Hodegetria named after a famous icon in the Hodegon monastery in Constantinople believed in the Middle Ages to have been painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist On the wings two pairs of unnamed saints pay homage to the Virgin and Child Barely visible traces of pigment and gold remain on this triptych indicating that it was once brightly colored The panels of the triptych were cut down at some point and the wings and central section do not align perfectly suggesting that this object might be the result of two earlier pieces being joined together century 10 Medieval ivory Overall cm 12 23 4 0 9 ; Proper left panel cm 10 9 5 6 0 5 ; Middle panel cm 12 11 6 0 9 ; Proper right panel cm 11 5 7 0 5 accession number 71 158 25072 Heinrich von Hofstätter Bishop of Passau Gnadenkapelle Altötting Bavaria 1867 by gift Tycon and Smith Paris 1905 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 The Glory of Byzantium The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1997 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 The Mother of God Representations of the Virgin in Byzantine Art Benaki Museum Athens 2000-2001 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine ivory in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
