Title

Icon with the Koimesis, Byzantine, late 900s. The apostles, led by Saints Paul and Peter, stand witness.

Caption

Icon with the Koimesis, Byzantine, late 900s. Creator: Unknown.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20B00_178

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,3Mb (4,0Mb) / 13,2in x 16,5in / 3969 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

close up female women woman people religious country religion virgin Turkey museum decoration decorative death medieval Christianity angel Turkish icon carved Byzantine location century Virgin Mary artefact concept close-up artifact decorative arts The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art apostle 10th Century tenth century mediaeval Dormition Middle Ages Madonna Byzantium Constantinople Simon Peter Virgin Mary Mary St Paul St Peter object Madonna Byzantine Empire Unknown ivory St Peter Saint Peter Simon Virgin Saint Mary Virgin Mother Mother of God The Virgin Mary Stella Maris St Mary Tarsus Paul of Paul Saint Paul Peter the Apostle Simon Cephas Heritage Art Paul the Apostle koimesis Sau