Icon with the Deesis

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mid-900s · Ivory · Medieval Art

This representation of Christ joined with the Virgin and John the Forerunner (the Baptist), one of the most widespread middle Byzantine icon types, is known as the Deesis. By tradition the first witnesses to Christ's divinity, the Virgin and Saint John came to be seen as holy figures who would act as intercessors with him on behalf of humanity.

Artist: Unknown
Date: mid-900s
Medium: Ivory
Culture: Byzantine
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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