Panagiarion with the Virgin and Child and Angels on the Interior in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011

Title: Panagiarion with the Virgin and Child and the Three Angels at Mamre (interior) and the Crucifixion and Three Church Fathers (exterior)

Date: ca. 1500 or later

Culture: Russian

Medium: Wood, stained, silver-gilt, pearls and garnet

Dimensions: Overall (opened): 3 x 4 1/8 x 9/16 in. (7.6 x 10.5 x 1.4 cm) Overall (closed): 3 x 2 1/4 x 13/16 in. (7.6 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm) without mount: Diam. 1 13/16 x 3/8 in. (Diam. 4.6 x 1 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Miniature-Wood

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1934

Accession Number: 34.163a-c


Description:

Panagiaria, pendants made of two disks, derive their name from a popular term for the Virgin, the Panagia (All-Holy One).

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