The Wernher Triptych is an ivory Byzantine triptych carved in Constantinople between 900 and 1000 AD.
Wernher Triptych | |
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Material | Ivory |
Size | 18.4cm by 16.8cm |
Created | 900-1000 AD |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Registration | 1978,0502.10 |
History
The triptych became part of the British Museum's collection in 1978, in lieu of taxes following the death of Sir Harold Wernher, son of the financier Sir Julius Wernher.[1]
Description
In the central panel stands the Virgin Hodegetria; on the side leaves are carved an angel and two saints framed in medallions; on the left St Nicholas and St Theodore, on the right St John Chrysostom and St George.
See also
References
Further reading
- Evans, Helen C. & Wixom, William D., The glory of Byzantium: art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era, A.D. 843-1261, no. 80, 1997, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ISBN 9780810965072; full text available online from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
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