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Interrogation of Christ
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
This fragment of a steatite icon contains part of a scene showing Christ before the high priests Annas and Caiphas. Identifiable by their robes, the priests stand under a canopy on the right. In front of them is the officer who struck Christ during his interrogation by Annas (Jn 18:22). While steatite is softer and easier to carve than ivory, it is also more fragile, and easily breaks into pieces.
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.
[Found in Constantinople]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/1/1964 | Treatment | cleaned |
Measurements
3 x 3 3/16 x 3/8 in. (7.6 x 8 x 1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913
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.
41.209