Title
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.
Purchase Receipt and Supporting Documents
2020_349_front_closed.jpg (4789 kB)
Closed
2020_349_back_closed.jpg (5121 kB)
Back view
2020_349_back_open.jpg (4777 kB)
Back view