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Saints Zosimus and Sabbatius
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
In 1436, the two monks (later saints) Zosimus and Sabbatius founded the monastery of Solovki on an island in the White Sea, Northern Russia. This posthumous portrait shows them presenting to the Virgin and Child a detailed model of their foundation. Zosismus also holds a scrolls with the last words he addressed as advice to his monastic brethren from his deathbed.
Inscription
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.
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1988-1989 | A Millennium of Christianity: Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/30/1959 | Treatment | repaired |
| 8/1/2000 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
| 8/8/2000 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Russia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 5/16 x W: 10 3/4 x D: 1 5/16 in. (31.2 x 27.3 x 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
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.
37.1186