MAKE A MEME View Large Image Byzantine - The Nativity and Adoration of the Magi - Walters 71292.jpg This small prayer image of Christ's birth emphasizes the divine nature of the event Jesus sits majestically upon his mother's lap blessing with his right hand both us ...
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Keywords: Byzantine - The Nativity and Adoration of the Magi - Walters 71292.jpg This small prayer image of Christ's birth emphasizes the divine nature of the event Jesus sits majestically upon his mother's lap blessing with his right hand both us and the approaching Magi The latter wear small Persian hats that identify them as inhabitants of the East Two angels flank the manger of the Nativity which was still being shown to Bethlehem pilgrims at the time this icon was made century 11 Medieval ivory cm 12 8 8 accession number 71 292 34068 Count Gregoire Stroganoff Grigorii Sergeevich Stroganov Rome prior to 1898 by purchase cat 120 1 Henri Daguerre Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 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 Stroganoff collection of Western art
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