Icon With The Virgin And Child

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Around the twelfth century one icon in particular came to be identified with Luke’s image: a half-length portrait of Mary holding the child and pointing toward him as the way of salvation. Known as the Hodegetria—she who points the way—the

The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia

Because the iconoclast emperors ordered the destruction of icons, it’s extremely hard to find any examples before 843. One of the few is shown above to the left:“Virgin and Child enthroned

The center of this exquisite triptych (three-paneled icon) shows the Virgin holding the Christ Child and pointing toward him with her right hand. This portrait type of the Virgin is known as

Perhaps the oldest known image of Maryand is dated c. 230 to 240 CE. It depicts Mary nursing the Infant Jesus, while the figure at the left appears to be the prophet Balaam

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Virgin and Child in the Apse of Hagia Sophia
The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia
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This tapestry glorifying the Virgin Mary is among the rarest objects in the museum’s collection. In a composition borrowed from imperial Byzantine art, Mary is shown

Panachranta (from Greek πανάχραντος ‚all-immaculate‘) is a type of icon in the Eastern Orthodox Church, that refers to the all immaculate Virgin Mary, the Theotokos. [1] Panachranta type

The Theotokos icon, are painting depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. They have a rich and varied history throughout the Christian world. It reflects deep theological,

This statuette, carefully cut from an ivory plaque, follows a widespread Byzantine image type called the Hodegetria, in which the Virgin supports the Christ Child with her left arm. It takes its name from an icon housed in the Hodegon

This large icon bears a hieratic composition of the Virgin and Child enthroned, flanked by two military saints, Theodore left and George right, holding martyrs‘ crosses and dressed in the elaborate ceremonial garb of the imperial guard. In

One of them is the Hodegetria icon that depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child sitting on her lap. This type of Mother of God icon belongs to the oldest and most popular

One of our most popular Virgin Mary icons features the Madonna and Child painted in the classic style of Byzantine icons of the Theotokos, known as the Hodigitria („Guide“ or „indicator of the

The icon of Saint Catherine with the Virgin of the Burning Bush (fig. 3) depicts the Virgin, seemingly enveloped by the Burning Bush, holding the Christ Child and flanked by the titular saint.

The miniature mosaic icon of the Virgin and Child at the Metropolitan is smaller than the Louvre’s Transfiguration, measuring 11.2 x 8.6 cm, and likely functioned as a private devotional object. A

Bust-Length, 88 Icon of the Virgin and Child Hodegetria on a Lyre-Backed Throne, with Angels, 91 Mosaic Icon of the Virgin and Child Hodegetria Dexiokratousa, 95 Crusader Icons of the Virgin

The della Robbia Workshop, c.1500, Florence The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus.The word

The Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George is one of the earliest surviving examples of an icon — a sacred image showing Christ, the Virgin Mary or the saints,

The Iconography of Mary Icon of the Virgin and Child with Saints Theodore and George, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Mt. Sinai, 6th century. That there are many different types

Jacopo Gnisci, “A Fifteenth-Century Ethiopian Icon of the Virgin and Child by the Master of the Amber-Spotted Tunic,” Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, vol. 65 (2019), pp. 183–93. Marilyn E.

31. Boskovits 1988, pp. 128–31, cat. 50, fig. 191, p. 362.The scenes are the Virgin and Child Enthroned (formerly New York Historical Society; sold Sotheby’s New York, 12 January 1995,

Virgin and Child with Saints, c. 1230s. Berlinghiero (Italian, before 1242). Triptych (tabernacle); tempera and gold on poplar panel; overall: 42.6 x 51.5 cm Skip to main content.

The Icon of the Enthroned Virgin and Child with saints and angels dates from the 6th century and is found at Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai.. The 11th century Theotokos

Title: Icon with Virgin and the Christ Child. Date: ca. 1500 or later. Culture: Russian or Greek. Medium: Elephant ivory. Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 5/16 in. (7.9 x 6.4 x 0.8 cm)

As The Met increasingly explores cross-cultural connections, some icons, like this Virgin and Child, are significant for their explicit links between Christian communities thought to

Italo-Byzantine Hodegetria by Berlinghiero of Lucca, (c. 1230) shows the Byzantine influence on Italian 13th-century art . In the 10th century, after the period of iconoclasm in Byzantine art, this

An unusual icon of the Theotokos and Christ. This icon which has been called the Virgin with The Playing Child is version of the Eleousia icon. The artist has shown great freedom in the

The miniature mosaic icon of the Virgin and Child at the Metropolitan is smaller than the Louvre’s Transfiguration, measuring 11.2 x 8.6 cm, and likely functioned as a private devotional object. A

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Icon With The Virgin And Child

The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia