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| Keywords: Byzantine - Interrogation of Christ - Walters 41209.jpg This fragment of a steatite icon contains part of a scene showing Christ before the high priests Annas and Caiphas Identifiable by their robes the priests stand under a canopy on the right In front of them is the officer who struck Christ during his interrogation by Annas Jn 18 22 While steatite is softer and easier to carve than ivory it is also more fragile and easily breaks into pieces century 12 Medieval steatite cm 7 6 8 1 accession number 41 209 4348 Found in Constantinople Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine stone reliefs Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
