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| Keywords: Byzantine - Virgin Mary - Walters 5483.jpg Bronze icons were a popular inexpensive substitute for those made out of more precious metals The Virgin is shown as an intercessor with her hands raised in prayer turning toward Christ in the upper right corner This portrait type of the Virgin Hagiosoritissa comes from an icon in the chapel of the Holy Shrine in Greek Hagios Soros in Constantinople where relics of the Virgin's mantle were preserved century 12 Medieval bronze cm 9 5 8 3 1 3 accession number 54 83 6442 Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Reliefs of Virgin Mary | ||||
