Triptych with Deesis

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

15th cent. (?)

Geography

Greece

Culture

Greek, Orthodox, Byzantine, Post-Byzantine

Medium

Tempera on wood

Dimensions

Closed: 4 3/16 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in. (10.6 x 6.7 x 2 cm)
Open: 5 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in. (13 x 6.7 x 2 cm)
Wing: 2 15/16 x 1 1/16 x 3/16 in. (7.4 x 2.9 x 0.6 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020

Accession Number

2020.349

Provenance

Purchased by David P. Harris from Iconastas in London, on November 26, 2015. Believed to have come from Mount Athos.

References

Brad Hostetler, with Ani Parnagian, "From Private to Public: The Collection of David P. Harris," in Ethiopian Objects in the Blick-Harris Study Collection: Art, Context, and the Persistence of Form, eds. Brad Hostetler, and Lynn Jones, Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture 8, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 5–25. https://digital.kenyon.edu/perejournal/vol8/iss1/1/

Description

The triptych features the traditional Byzantine Deësis (entreaty) iconography, which includes Christ at the center, Mary the Mother of God to one side, and John the Prodromos (the Baptist) to the other side.