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| Keywords: Byzantine - Virgin and Child with Two Angels - Walters 71293.jpg This ivory plaque formed the center panel of a devotional three-panel icon It shows the Virgin and Child under a canopy flanked by angels with their hands raised in adoration While the Christ Child blesses the viewer with his outstretched right hand the Virgin softly touches his leg a intimate gesture that stresses the close relationship between mother and son assuring the beholder of the power of the Virgin's intercessory prayers century 10 Medieval ivory cm 14 1 11 1 3 accession number 71 293 26847 Gaston Le Breton Rouen by purchase Sale Hotel Drouot Paris December 6-8 1921 no 194 Henri Daguerre Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 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 Madonna and Child icon | ||||
