Cleveland Museum of Art 128825 portrait 1100s CC0 cma sacred-art portraits objects-with-gravity sacred art objects with gravity virgin mary child jesus reliquary silver pendant agate relief sculpture medieval art religious art christian art pearls gold leaf intarsia portrait graceful serene pale green 13th century roman art byzantine influence ornate religious jewelry pendant icon the virgin dexiokratousa 1100s Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century steatite, gilt silver, pearls Glyptic Religious Sacred & Devotional Faces in Time Objects with Gravity
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- CC0
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- 761 × 900 px · WebP
- Suggested credit
- Pendant Icon with the Virgin "Dexiokratousa" (1100s). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.445.1
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From the museum record
This small-scale Byzantine icon depicts a half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ child. When the icon was mounted in its present frame by a German artist in the 14th century, it was considered to be an authentic portrait painted by Saint Luke. This claim, made in an inscription on the frame, is further emphasized by the ox, Saint Luke’s symbol, engraved on the frame’s reverse.
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A silver-framed, green agate relief depicts the Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus, adorned with pearls and a chain.
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