File:Byzantine - Saint Nicholas - Walters 4820861.jpg

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Saint Nicholas   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Byzantine Empire)Unknown author
Title
Saint Nicholas
Description
English: 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).
Date 10th century
date QS:P571,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
Medium ceramic with glaze
Dimensions height: 16.7 cm (6.5 in); width: 16.4 cm (6.4 in); depth: 0.8 cm (0.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,16.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,16.4U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,0.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.2086.1
Place of creation Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Object history
  • Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase
  • Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase
  • Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase
Exhibition history 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.
Credit line Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1956 and partial gift of Mr. Robert E. Hecht, Jr., 1957
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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