Russian_-_Great_Deesis_with_Prophets_-_Walters_37625.jpg
Summary
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Title |
Great Deesis with Prophets
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
These panels reproduce the upper two tiers of the screen (known as the iconostasis) that separates the nave from the altar in Orthodox churches. Such sets, of which this is one of the earliest known, were used by priests for makeshift altars and by lay people for personal prayer. In the upper row, the Virgin and Child are surrounded by Old Testament prophets who hold scrolls with passages foretelling Christ's birth: Habakkuk (?), Micah, Jeremiah, Moses, Daniel, David, Solomon, Jonah, Jacob, Isaiah (?), Gedeon, and Zechariah. Below, the adult Christ is seated on the throne of judgment, flanked by holy persons who entreat him to forgive our sins. On his right are the Virgin, St. Peter, Metropolitan Peter of Moscow, St. Sergius of Radonezh (a famous Russian hermit), and St. George. On his left stand John the Baptist, St. Paul, Metropolitan Alexis of Moscow, St. Cyril of Belozersk (another renowned Russian monk), and St. Demetrius.
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Date |
16
th
century
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Early Modern)
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Medium |
tempera
on
panel
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
Overall height: 32.1 cm (12.6 in); width: 90.5 cm (35.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,32.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,90.5U174728
; each small panel, width: 6.7 cm (2.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2049,6.7U174728
; center panel, height: 32.1 cm (12.6 in); width: 13.5 cm (5.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,32.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,13.5U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081
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Accession number |
37.625
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Place of creation | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1959-1960. A Millennium of Christianity: Russian Art from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1988-1989. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2001-2002. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville. 2002-2005. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Museum of Biblical Art, New York; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. 2008-2009. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
[Translation] St. Peter: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, [casting] all [your care upon Him] (I Peter 5:6) St. John the Baptist: Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins (John 1:29) Habakkuk: I speak: ?. delivering Israel Micah: But thou, Bethlehem, land of Judah (cf. Micah 5:2) Jeremiah: I saw thee as a glorious way, maiden (cf. ??remiah 42:3) Moses: I prophesied you as a [burning] bush (cf. Exodus 3:2) Daniel: The mountain from which a stone was cut out without hands (Daniel 2:34) David: Hearken, daughter, and see (Psalm 45:10) Solomon: Wisdom has build her [house] (Proverbs 9:1) Jonah: You were prefigured by [my] three-day [stay in the belly of the fish] (cf. Jonah 1:17) Jacob: I saw a ladder set up to heaven (cf. Genesis 28:12) Isaiah: [???] Gedeon: I foretold you through a blessed fleece (cf. Judges 6:37) Zechariah: Rejoice, O daughter of Jerusalem (cf. Zechariah 9:9) |
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References | Art in the Christian Tradition ID : 58782 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Habakkuk (?): “I speak: [?]. delivering Israel”.
Аз гл(аго)лю …. избавляи Израи(ля).
Micah : “But thou, Bethlehem, land of Judah” (cf. Micah 5:2).
(И) ты Вифлееме земля иудов(а).
Jeremiah: “I saw thee as a glorious way, maiden” (cf. Jeremiah 42:3).
Аз путь тя вид(ех) в силa(х) ωтроковице.
Moses: “I prophesied you as a [burning] bush” (cf. Exodus 3:2).
Аз купину яко предрекох.
Daniel: “The mountain from which a stone was cut out without hands” (Daniel 2:34)
Гора ωт нея ж(е) уброче (?) камен без ру(к)
David: “Hearken, daughter, and see” (Psalm 45:10)
Слыши дщи и виждь
Solomon: “Wisdom has build her [house]” (Proverbs 9:1).
Премудрость созда себе.
the Virgin and Child
Jonah: “You were prefigured by [my] three-day [stay in the belly of the fish]” (cf. Jonah 1:17).
ы сим ωбразомъ тридневное.
Jacob: “I saw a ladder set up to heaven” (cf. Genesis 28:12).
Видех лестввицу (sic) оутве(р)жд(ену) до [небеси].
Gideon: “I foretold you through a blessed fleece” (cf. Judges 6:37).
Азъ руно проразумех благ(ословенное).
Isaiah (?): “[?]”
А г(оспод)ни пророкъ отъ...
Zechariah : “Rejoice, O daughter of Jerusalem” (cf. Zechariah 9:9).
Радуися дщи Iеру(салимля).
Christ on the throne of judgment
the Virgin
St. Peter: “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, [casting] all [your care upon Him]” (I Peter 5:6).
Смирите(ся) убо под крепкую руку б(о)жieю, да вознесет вы во время. Вс(ю) ЛК.
John the Baptist: “Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins” (John 1:29).
Се агнецъ б(о)жiи вземляи грехи.
St. Paul
St. George