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Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant

Byzantine or Crusader

Maximum print size

25.1 × 33.8 cm · 9.9 × 13.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,975 × 4,000 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 25.1 × 33.8 cm · 9.9 × 13.3 in
Mat border, sides: 7.9 cm · 3.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 13th century
Medium: Tempera on wood
Type: Paintings-Icons
Size: 18.4 × 1.3 cm · 7.2 × 0.5 in
Origin: Byzantine or Crusader
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Madonna and Child
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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