Description
This embroidered icon, similar to Walters 83.332, represents St. Antony the Great (d. 356), the founder of Egyptian monasticism.
Provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Transcription] Below the image: + Χεῖρ Ἀντ[ω]νίου ~ ,αψλγ᾿; [Translation] [By] Anthony’s hand, 1733.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters