Icon with Three Church Fathers

Unknown

ca. 1500 or later · Ivory with dark stain · Medieval Art

The church fathers identified by inscriptions on this small icon, Saints Basil, John Chrysostom, and Gregory [of Nazianzos], played a critical role in establishing church doctrine during the first centuries of Christianity.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1500 or later

Medium

Ivory with dark stain

Culture

Greek

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917