Enthroned Virgin with Angels and Saints

Item

Princeton Work Number
92
Michigan Inventory Number
101
Title
Enthroned Virgin with Angels and Saints
Approximate Date
Weitzmann Number
B.3
Medium
tempera on panel
Dimensions
Evidence of modern paint applied by Father Pachomios. The icon was once cleaned by Tassos Margaritoff, as noted by Weitzmann. Panel has been warped considerably and split down the middle, not uncommon for loose triptych panels from this period.
Condition
65 x 40.5 cm
Bibliographic Citation
- Trilling, "Sinai Icons: Another Look" (1983): plate I, fig. 1.
- Justin of Sinai, "The Icons of Sinai" in Age of Transition: Byznatine Culture in the Islamic World (2015): p. 86, fig. 6.
- Evans and Ratfliff, eds. Byzantium and Islam (2012): p. 127, fig. 55.
- Cormack, "The Eyes of the Mother of God" (2005): pp. 168-69, fig. 14.1.
Rights
Courtesy of the Michigan-Princeton-Alexandria Expeditions to Mount Sinai.
Item sets
Icons