Byzantine Mosaic Icon with the Virgin Eleousa

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Illustration

Prolet Decheva
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 01 August 2024
Byzantine Mosaic Icon with the Virgin Eleousa Download Full Size Image

Portable icon of the Virgin and Child of the Eleousa type, the Virgin of Tenderness, miniature mosaic made of many tiny tesserae (mosaic stones), set in wood, early 14th century.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Art, M. M. o. (2024, August 01). Byzantine Mosaic Icon with the Virgin Eleousa. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19257/byzantine-mosaic-icon-with-the-virgin-eleousa/

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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Byzantine Mosaic Icon with the Virgin Eleousa." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 01 Aug 2024. Web. 20 Dec 2024.

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