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Saint Ignatius of Antioch ( Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file )
Artist
Anonymous ( Byzantine Empire ) Unknown author
Title
Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Description
English: This unusually large tile depicts Ignatius the "God-Bearer" (Theophoros), bishop of the Syrian city of Antioch, who was martyred in Rome under Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117). Dressed in liturgical vestments, the saint holds a Gospel book in his hand. Another tile from the same series survives in the Walters collection and carries an image of Saint Christopher (inv. 48.2086.13).
Date 10 th century
date QS:P571,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
( Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
Medium ceramic with glaze
Dimensions 25.7 × 26 × 0.8 cm (10.1 × 10.2 × 0.3 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.2086.7
Place of creation Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Object history
  • Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase
  • Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase
  • Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase
Credit line Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1956 and partial gift of Mr. Robert E. Hecht, Jr., 1957
Source Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork
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