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Icon of the Virgin
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
This small icon depicts the Virgin with her hands raised in prayer, and identified by an abbreviated inscription as the Mother of God. The size and theme of the icon suggest it was used in private devotion. For its pious owner, it would have served as a constant reminder of the Virgin's role as the most effective mediator between God and humankind.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Stanley Casson, Oxford, before 1930, by purchase [in Istanbul]; Spink and Son, London, before 1946, by purchase; Leopold Blumka, New York, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, New York, by purchase; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 12, 1949, no. 271; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
Geographies
Byzantine Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 3/8 x 2 x 1/2 in. (6 x 5.2 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1949
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.
57.1818