Scenes from the Life of Christ on Italo-Byzantine Ivory Plaque (Top Right)
Notes:
Top right section of the life of Christ depicted on an Italo-Byzantine (Venetian?) ivory plaque, showing Mary reclining after having given birth to Jesus, surrounded by shepherd and watched over by angels, while women (midwives?) bathe the baby Jesus with Joseph sitting nearby.
Scenes from the Life of Christ on Italo-Byzantine Ivory Plaque (Top Right), from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=33854 [retrieved March 6, 2021]. Original source: Image donated by Patout Burns.
Record Number:
33854
Last Updated: 2021-02-17 13:54:11
Record Created: 2003-12-02 00:00:00
Institution:
Vanderbilt University
Unit: Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition