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| Keywords: Byzantine - Saint Nicholas - Walters 4820861.jpg This ceramic icon shows Saint Nicholas framed by vine scrolls raising his right hand in blessing and holding the Gospels in his left hand which is covered as a sign of respect This ceramic tile is one of the finest in the Walters collection which includes over 1 000 fragments the largest such group outside of Turkey Although of unknown origin this group of tiles is similar to ones known to have been made in Constantinople now Istanbul The tiles were most likely attached to a church wall as part of a frieze containing saint portraits and ornamented non-iconic pieces Two further tiles in the museum belong to the same series as this one and carry images of Saint James Walters 48 2086 9 and Saint Parascheve Walters 48 2086 14 century 10 Medieval ceramic with glaze cm 16 7 16 4 0 8 accession number 48 2086 1 26861 Nikos Avgheris Istanbul ca 1950 by purchase Robert E Hecht Ruxton Maryland 1956 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1956 by purchase Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1956 and partial gift of Mr Robert E Hecht Jr 1957 To Arrest the Ravages of Time Caring for Art at the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 The Glory of Byzantium The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1997 Byzantium 330-1453 Royal Academy of Arts London 2008 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Icons in ceramic Byzantine art Saint Nicholas | ||||
