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Dormition of the Virgin
This ivory follows the common model of a Byzantine scene of the Virgin on her deathbed surrounded by Christ, the apostles, and angels. Here, the Virgin's child-like soul is depicted twice: on the left, an angel receives the soul; on the right, the same angel carries it to paradise. Since the figures' eyes and noses are similar to those carved on ivories in 11th-century Germany, this plaque may be a western European copy after a Byzantine prototype.
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.
Henri Daguerre, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople)
(Place of Origin)
Germany (Place of Origin)
Measurements
5 3/8 x 4 13/16 x 3/8 in. (13.6 x 12.3 x 1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926
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.
71.135