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Saint John the Baptist

Byzantine (Artist)
10th century (Medieval)
ceramic with glaze
(Byzantium and Early Russia)

This tile was one in a series with portraits of the twelve apostles and a Deesis (Christ flanked by the Virgin and Saint John the Baptist) in the middle. Images of Paul (inv. 48.2086.20), Peter (48.2086.27), Andrew (48.2086.24), Thomas (48.2086.3), Bartholomew (48.2086.29), Matthew (48.2086.25), Luke (48.2086.21), and John the Evangelist (48.2086.28) also survive from it, as well as fragments of three further, unidentifiable busts (48.2086.8; 48.2086.22-23). The Baptist is shown with hands raised in prayer toward Christ, whose image is now lost.

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Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase; Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase.

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Geographies

Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 16 1/2 x W: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 x 41.91 cm)

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Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1956 and partial gift of Mr. Robert E. Hecht, Jr., 1957

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.

48.2086.26.1-7

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