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Transfiguration of Christ   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Greece)Unknown author
Title
Transfiguration of Christ
Description
English: An icon such as this would have been displayed in a church on the feast day of Christ's Transfiguration (August 6) to be venerated by the faithful. The abrasion of Christ's image on it bears witness to such veneration by touch and kiss. Because of its small size, the image may have also been used privately, possibly by a monk. Eastern Orthodox monks placed a special value on the Transfiguration because they believed that, like the apostles shown in the bottom of the panel, they too could see God's light through contemplation.
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Early Modern)
Medium tempera on panel
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 27.9 cm (10.9 in); width: 22.4 cm (8.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,27.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,22.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.1081
Place of creation Greece
Object history
Exhibition history Holy Image, Holy Space: Icons and Frescoes from Greece. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. 1988-1990.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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