Icon with the Virgin and Child, mid-10th–mid-11th century

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Icon with the Virgin and Child, mid-10th–mid-11th century, Made in probably Constantinople, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 9 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/2in. ( x 7 x ), Ivories, This statuette, carefully cut from an ivory plaque, follows a widespread Byzantine image type called the Hodegetria, in which the Virgin supports the Christ Child with her left arm. It takes its name from an icon housed in the Hodegon Monastery in Constantinople

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Size: 2212px × 4589px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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