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Three-Panel Icon with the "Deesis"
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
These exquisite panels form a group called a "Deesis" ("prayer" or "entreaty"), in which Christ is flanked by the Virgin and John the Baptist, who plead with him for mercy on behalf of humankind. Although the arrangement and choice of figures are Byzantine in origin, the simple and almost melancholy style of the painting identifies the artist as Russian. The three panels originally had revetments of chiselled gold or silver which covered their white unpainted background.
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, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
12 1/4 x 10 3/16 x 13/16 in. (31.1 x 25.8 x 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1931
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.
37.568
