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| Keywords: Byzantine - Triptych Wing with an Angel and Saints - Walters 71159.jpg This panel once formed together with its pair 71 67 the side wings of a triptych icon Each wing is divided into four registers showing inward-facing figures that originally drew the viewer's attention to the now missing image in the center The overall arrangement follows a strict hierarchy with a pair of angels in the top register followed by the apostles Paul and Peter and by four martyrs holding crosses century 10 11 Medieval ivory cm 16 1 5 3 accession number 71 159 17360 Victor Gay Paris by purchase Sale Hôtel Drouot Paris March 23 1909 no 80 Gaston Le Breton Rouen by purchase Sale Paris December 6 1921 no 193 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 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 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
