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“Dormition of the Mother of God”
Unknown19th century
Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Images have an important part to play in the Christian-Orthodox faith. Icons are understood as representations of ‘heavenly archetypes’ and hence created in accordance with strict liturgical rules. They are provided as paintings on wood or reverse paintings on glass, but also as basreliefs made from metal or beads.
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Details
- Title: “Dormition of the Mother of God”
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 19th century
- Location: Jerusalem, Israel, at the time Palestine
- Physical Dimensions: w12 x h37 cm
- Type: Object
- Medium: tempera on wood, freshwater pearls
- Inv.-No.: N (32 S) 1/1994,2158
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018719
- External Link: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Text: © Koehler & Amelang Verlag in der Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG / Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / und die Autoren Photo: © Museum Euopäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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