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| Keywords: Russian - Christ Pantokrator - Walters 371183.jpg Such large powerful portraits of Christ Pantokrator almighty were customarily displayed on the iconostasis or icon screen separating the lay people in the nave from the altar area of the church The use of an iconostasis as well as this type of portrait icon were adopted from Byzantium In style however the icon is distinctly Russian with Christ's large heavily shadowed eyes and straight narrow nose contributing to a stern expression appropriate to his role as Judge and Ruler century 16 Early Modern tempera wood cm 79 8 58 8 3 accession number 37 1183 40130 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 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 Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 place of origin Novgorod Russia Walters Art Museum license 2D Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Religious art in Russia Art of the Russian Orthodox Church Russian icons in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
