Divine Wisdom
1700-1750
Artists
Description
Figure of Sophia at center, Madonna at near left, holding disc inscribed "Jesus Christ", St. Peter at far left; John the Baptist near right, St. Luke at far right. Per 1957 Fogg list of Byzantine Paintings, this is "Novgorod Type."
Dimensions
30.8 x 26.99 x 3.49 cm (12 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Thomas Whittemore, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1951
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