Panel with Winged Figures

Unknown

5th century · Wood; painted in encaustic · Islamic Art

Panel with Winged Figures — Unknown

The pair of naturalistically rendered winged figures, possibly angels, are painted in encaustic, or melted colored wax, the medium used for the earliest surviving icons.

Artist
Unknown
Date
5th century
Medium
Wood; painted in encaustic
Department
Islamic Art
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1939

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