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Saint Panteleimon
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
Although there is no inscription, the figure on this small plaque can be identified by his curly hair and the lancet he holds as Saint Panteleimon, a physician who died a martyr's death in Nicomedia ca. 305 for being a Christian. As other representations suggest, the saint would have carried a medical box in his now missing left hand. Steatite relief plaques were either mounted and worn on the chest or used to decorate the wooden frames of larger icons. They sometimes show traces of gilding, as this one does.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941, by purchase; Miss Julia R. Rogers, Baltimore, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Byzantine Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 3/4 x 2 x 1/4 in. (4.5 x 5.1 x 0.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Julia R. Rogers [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1941
Location in Museum
Centre Street: Third Floor: Byzantine, Russian, and Ethiopian Icons
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
41.227