MAKE A MEME View Large Image Byzantine - Virgin and Child - Walters 71587.jpg This plaque which may have formed the central panel of a triptych shows the Virgin standing in an elegant pose with her weight on one leg perhaps inspired by the Classical tradition This ...
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Keywords: Byzantine - Virgin and Child - Walters 71587.jpg This plaque which may have formed the central panel of a triptych shows the Virgin standing in an elegant pose with her weight on one leg perhaps inspired by the Classical tradition This portrait type of the Virgin who holds the Christ Child in her right arm while grasping his leg with her left hand is called Dexiokratousa Greek for holding with her right hand century 10 Medieval ivory cm 8 6 2 0 9 accession number 71 587 40893 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Sonya Clark Loose Strands Tight Knots The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine ivory in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Dexiokratusa
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