Title

Icon with four church feasts, probably painted in Thessalonica

Caption

Icon with four church feasts, probably painted in Thessalonica, 1310—1320; Egg tempera, gilding, wood, gesso Greece; the most important artistic centre in the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople. It depicts four episodes from the life of Christ that were celebrated as important religious feasts. In the Annunciation (top left), the Virgin has been disturbed while spinning thread by the sudden arrival of the archangel Gabriel. In the Nativity (top right), the Virgin sleeps next to the manger containing the Christ child. Christ is baptised (bottom left) in the river Jordan by John the Baptist. In the Transfiguration (bottom right), the prophets Moses and Elijah appear to Christ, whose face and clothes glow supernaturally.

Date

14th century

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP17A06_254

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (5,0Mb) / 12,2in x 19,0in / 3670 x 5714 (300dpi)

Keywords

Icon church feast Church Feast painted Thessalonica 14th Century Egg tempera gilding wood wooden gesso Greece Greek Byzantine Empire Empire Byzantine Constantinople Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Religion Religious Religious Art Annunciation Virgin Mother The Virgin Mother The Virgin Virgin thread archangel Gabriel Archangel Gabriel Nativity manger Jesus Jesus Christ Christ baptised River Jordan River Jordan John the Baptist Transfiguration prophet Moses Elijah