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The Virgin and Child
Ivory
Byzantine Empire (probably Constantinople)
1000-1100
The only known Byzantine ivory statuette of the Virgin and Child carved in the round, this probably was housed in a winged tabernacle. It shows a popular image type known as Theotokos Hodegetria (the Mother of God showing the way) because she gestures toward Jesus, the source of salvation.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYC
The Virgin and Child
Ivory
Byzantine Empire (probably Constantinople)
1000-1100
The only known Byzantine ivory statuette of the Virgin and Child carved in the round, this probably was housed in a winged tabernacle. It shows a popular image type known as Theotokos Hodegetria (the Mother of God showing the way) because she gestures toward Jesus, the source of salvation.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYC