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| Keywords: Russian - Great Deesis with Prophets - Walters 37625.jpg These panels reproduce the upper two tiers of the screen known as the iconostasis that separates the nave from the altar in Orthodox churches Such sets of which this is one of the earliest known were used by priests for makeshift altars and by lay people for personal prayer In the upper row the Virgin and Child are surrounded by Old Testament prophets who hold scrolls with passages foretelling Christ's birth Habakkuk Micah Jeremiah Moses Daniel David Solomon Jonah Jacob Isaiah Gedeon and Zechariah Below the adult Christ is seated on the throne of judgment flanked by holy persons who entreat him to forgive our sins On his right are the Virgin St Peter Metropolitan Peter of Moscow St Sergius of Radonezh a famous Russian hermit and St George On his left stand John the Baptist St Paul Metropolitan Alexis of Moscow St Cyril of Belozersk another renowned Russian monk and St Demetrius century 16 Early Modern tempera panel Overall cm 32 1 90 5 ; each small panel cm 6 7 ; center panel cm 32 1 13 5 accession number 37 625 1338 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore July 10 1930 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Translation St Peter Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time casting all your care upon Him I Peter 5 6 St John the Baptist Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sins John 1 29 Habakkuk I speak delivering Israel Micah But thou Bethlehem land of Judah cf Micah 5 2 Jeremiah I saw thee as a glorious way maiden cf remiah 42 3 Moses I prophesied you as a burning bush cf Exodus 3 2 Daniel The mountain from which a stone was cut out without hands Daniel 2 34 David Hearken daughter and see Psalm 45 10 Solomon Wisdom has build her house Proverbs 9 1 Jonah You were prefigured by my three-day stay in the belly of the fish cf Jonah 1 17 Jacob I saw a ladder set up to heaven cf Genesis 28 12 Isaiah Gedeon I foretold you through a blessed fleece cf Judges 6 37 Zechariah Rejoice O daughter of Jerusalem cf Zechariah 9 9 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 Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 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 Russia Walters Art Museum license 2D Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Russian icons in the Walters Art Museum Prophets line in iconostasis 16th-century icons of Russia Habakkuk in icons Micah in icons Jeremiah in icons Icons of Moses Icons of Daniel David in icons Solomon in icons Jonah in icons Jacob in icons Isaiah in icons Gideon in icons Zechariah prophet in icons Agiosoritissa Icons of Saint Peter Icons of Peter of Kiev Icons of Sergius of Radonezh Icons of Saint George Icons of John the Baptist from Deisis Icons of Saint Paul Alexius of Moscow in icons 1500 Cyril Belozerskiy Icons of Saint Demetrius Icons of Christ Pantocrator enthroned Orante Psalm 45 | ||||
