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Byzantine Art Project

150 artworks from the great traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Christian iconography, each paired with a doctrinal reflection. The corpus surfaces GLM's confessional shape case by case as the iconography requires it — read what the picture argues.

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Archangels Gabriel and Michael

Archangels Gabriel and Michael

c. 867 (with the apse Theotokos program)· Hagia Sophia

Photo by Dennis G. Jarvis / archer10 (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). The underlying 9th-century mosaics are in the public domain.

Archangel Michael Relief Panel

Archangel Michael Relief Panel

11th century (Middle Byzantine; Constantinopolitan ivory carving at the medium's peak craftsmanship period)· Bode-Museum

Photograph by Daderot (2014). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying 11th-century Byzantine ivory relief at the Bode-Museum is in the public domain.

The Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation

The Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation

c. 1037–1046 (the foundation period of the cathedral under Yaroslav the Wise; the 11th-century Kievan-Rus mosaic program is iconographically continuous with Constantinople)· Saint Sophia Cathedral

Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons. The underlying 11th-century mosaic at Saint Sophia Cathedral Kyiv is in the public domain.

The Archangel Gabriel

The Archangel Gabriel

c. 1143–1151· La Martorana (Santa Maria dell'Ammiraglio)

Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen / Jastrow (2008). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic (CC BY 2.5). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Angel with Golden Hair (Archangel Gabriel)

The Angel with Golden Hair (Archangel Gabriel)

c. 1150–1200 (Old Russian, Novgorod school; one of Russia's oldest surviving icons; gold-leaf-stripped hair gives the icon its name)· State Russian Museum

Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons. The underlying late-12th-century Novgorod-school icon at the Russian Museum is in the public domain.

The Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation

The Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation

1191 (Late Komnenian fresco painting; iconographer's inscription dates the start of the program to April 25, 1191, during the reign of Isaac II Angelos; Constantinopolitan-trained master directing local Macedonian hands)· Saint George Church

Photograph by Efkoski Bobi (2009). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA 1.0/2.0/2.5/3.0/4.0) and GNU Free Documentation License 1.2+. The underlying 1191 fresco at Saint George Kurbinovo is in the public domain.

The White Angel

The White Angel

c. 1230 (Mileševa Monastery, founded by King Stefan Vladislav of Serbia; fresco program by Greek-trained Serbian masters)· Mileševa Monastery

Photograph by Levan Ramishvili (2018). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (faithful reproduction of a 13th-century fresco, which is itself in the public domain).

The Communion of the Apostles

The Communion of the Apostles

c. 1050· Saint Sophia Cathedral

Photo by Vi Ko (2021). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Saint Paul

Saint Paul

c. 1100· Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.673), via Wikimedia Commons. Released under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying c. 1100 Byzantine cloisonné medallion is in the public domain.

Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame

Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame

c. 1100 (Middle Byzantine; one of nine surviving medallions from a group of twelve that originally surrounded an Archangel Gabriel icon, possibly sent as a Byzantine diplomatic gift to neighboring Christian Georgia)· Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photograph: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access (Public Domain / CC0). The underlying c. 1100 Byzantine cloisonné medallion is in the public domain. Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1917.

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

12th century (Georgian-Byzantine cloisonné tradition)· Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts (National Museum of Georgia)

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). The underlying 12th-century cloisonné-enamel-on-gold icon (Shalva Amiranashvili Museum, Tbilisi) is in the public domain.

The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

The Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

c. 1190–1210 (one of the earliest surviving Old Russian panel icons; Novgorod-school iconographic vocabulary in early-Russian-Christianity context, c. 200 years after Vladimir's 988 conversion)· State Russian Museum

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a c. 1200 icon scanned from Sarabyanov and Smirnova, *Russian Icon Painting*, 2007). The underlying icon is in the public domain.

The Apostle Peter

The Apostle Peter

13th century (Byzantine, post-Schism, pre-Palaeologan)· Dumbarton Oaks Museum

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). The underlying 13th-century Byzantine icon (93 × 61.3 cm; Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Washington D.C.) is in the public domain.

John the Theologian Dictating to Prochorus

John the Theologian Dictating to Prochorus

1224 (Xoranasat Gospel manuscript, made in the historical province of Artsakh)· Matenadaran (Mesrop Mashtots Institute)

Photograph by Michel Bakni (2020). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (the underlying 1224 Armenian Gospel manuscript miniature is in the public domain; Matenadaran MS 4823, fol. 247).

The Iconoclastic Cross

Iconoclasm Debate

The Iconoclastic Cross

c. 740s (post-740 earthquake reconstruction under Constantine V)· Hagia Eirene (Saint Irene)

Photo by Dick Osseman / Dosseman (2016). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 8th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Patriarch Nikephoros and the Iconoclast

Iconoclasm Debate

Patriarch Nikephoros and the Iconoclast

c. 850s (mid-9th century, post-843 iconodule polemical illumination program; Khludov Psalter is the most-studied surviving 9th-century iconodule manuscript)· State Historical Museum

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 9th-century manuscript folio published before 1931). The underlying Khludov Psalter (State Historical Museum, Moscow, MS D.129) is in the public domain.

Crucifixion with Iconoclasts

Iconoclasm Debate

Crucifixion with Iconoclasts

c. 850–875 (mid-9th c., shortly after the Triumph of Orthodoxy in 843)· State Historical Museum

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; scanned 2021). The underlying mid-9th-century manuscript folio (19.5 × 15 cm; State Historical Museum, Moscow, MS D.129) is in the public domain.

The Holy Mandylion (Image of Edessa)

Iconoclasm Debate

The Holy Mandylion (Image of Edessa)

Image: c. 10th–13th century (Byzantine, exact dating contested); Frame: late 14th century, Palaiologan silver-gilt with ten embossed scenes of the Edessa legend. Donated 1362 by Emperor John V Palaiologos to Doge Leonardo Montaldo of Genoa; bequeathed 1388 to San Bartolomeo degli Armeni· Church of San Bartolomeo degli Armeni

Photograph by Postcrosser (2018). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying Byzantine Mandylion icon and 14th-century frame are in the public domain.

The Second Council of Nicaea

Iconoclasm Debate

The Second Council of Nicaea

c. 985 (Menologion compiled under Emperor Basil II in Constantinople; the council it depicts was held in 787)· Vatican Apostolic Library

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). The underlying late-10th-century manuscript illumination (Vatican Apostolic Library, Vat. gr. 1613) is in the public domain.

The Argument about Icons (Empress Theodora and the Iconoclasts)

Iconoclasm Debate

The Argument about Icons (Empress Theodora and the Iconoclasts)

c. 1150–1175 (illuminated copy of John Skylitzes's Synopsis of Histories; produced in Norman Sicily, possibly at the multilingual Palermo court of Roger II / William I; 574 marginal illuminations across 233 folios)· Biblioteca Nacional de España

Public domain photographic reproduction (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 12th-century manuscript published before 1931). The underlying Madrid Skylitzes (Biblioteca Nacional de España, MS Vitr. 26-2) is in the public domain.

The Saviour Not Made by Hands (Spas Nerukotvorny)

Iconoclasm Debate

The Saviour Not Made by Hands (Spas Nerukotvorny)

c. 1150–1200 (Old Russian, Novgorod school; the earliest surviving Russian Mandylion-tradition icon; reverse side depicts the Adoration of the Cross)· State Tretyakov Gallery

Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons. The underlying late-12th-century Novgorod-school icon at the Tretyakov Gallery is in the public domain. Photographic reproduction in the public domain (CC0 / structured-data convention).

Emperor Leo V and the Monk of Dagisteas

Iconoclasm Debate

Emperor Leo V and the Monk of Dagisteas

c. 1150–1175 (illuminated copy of John Skylitzes's Synopsis of Histories; production in Norman Sicily)· Biblioteca Nacional de España

Public domain photographic reproduction (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 12th-century manuscript published before 1931). The underlying Madrid Skylitzes is in the public domain.

The Ascension

The Ascension

c. 885· Hagia Sophia (Church of the Holy Wisdom)

Photo by Iolchos07 (2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 9th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Pentecost

Pentecost

c. 1030–1050· Hosios Loukas Monastery (Katholikon

Photograph in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, file: Hosios_Loukas_Katholikon_(sanctuary_vault)_-_Pentecost_01.jpg, processed by user Shakko 2015). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

11th century (Çarıklı Kilise narrative cycle, Göreme)· Çarıklı Kilise (Sandals Church)

Photograph by Wolfgang Sauber (2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century fresco is in the public domain.

The Kiss of Judas

The Kiss of Judas

11th century (Karanlık Kilise narrative cycle, Göreme open-air monastery)· Karanlık Kilise (Dark Church)

Photograph by Wolfgang Sauber (2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century fresco is in the public domain.

The Nativity

The Nativity

c. 1100· Daphni Monastery (Katholikon)

Photo by Jacob Freeland (2023). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

c. 1100· Daphni Monastery (Katholikon

Photo by Jacob Freeland (2023). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Lamentation

The Lamentation

1164· Saint Panteleimon Church

Photo by zavar_vera (2017). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century fresco is in the public domain.

Christ among the Doctors (Young Jesus in the Temple)

Christ among the Doctors (Young Jesus in the Temple)

1259 (Boyana Church second-layer fresco program; the Boyana Master, Tarnovo school)· Boyana Church (UNESCO World Heritage)

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 1259 fresco). The underlying Boyana Church fresco is in the public domain.

The Wedding at Cana

The Wedding at Cana

c. 950–1000 (the New Tokalı / New Church frescoes; Macedonian Renaissance period)· Tokalı Kilise

Photograph by Dosseman (Dick Osseman). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying late-10th-century fresco is in the public domain.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

12th century icon (visualizing John Climacus's *Klimax tou Paradeisou*, written c. 600)· Saint Catherine's Monastery

Photograph by Pvasiliadis (2007). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (faithful reproduction of a 12th-century icon, which is itself in the public domain).

The Communion of the Apostles

The Communion of the Apostles

1106 (consecration year of the church; named donor inscription dates the foundational fresco program)· Panagia tis Asinou (Panagia Phorbiotissa)

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). The underlying 1106 fresco at Panagia tis Asinou is in the public domain.

Ananias Lays Hands on Saul

Ananias Lays Hands on Saul

c. 1140–1170 (Norman Sicilian; Pauline cycle commissioned under Roger II and William I)· Cappella Palatina

Photograph by Gmihail (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Serbia (CC BY-SA 3.0 RS). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Crossing of the Red Sea

The Crossing of the Red Sea

c. 850s (mid-9th century, post-843 iconodule polemical-and-liturgical illumination program)· State Historical Museum

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 9th-century manuscript folio published before 1931). The underlying Khludov Psalter (State Historical Museum, Moscow, MS D.129) is in the public domain.

David Composing the Psalms

David Composing the Psalms

c. 960 (Macedonian Renaissance, Constantinople workshop; one of the most famous Byzantine illuminated manuscripts)· Bibliothèque nationale de France

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 10th-century manuscript). The underlying Paris Psalter (BnF MS gr. 139) is in the public domain.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Moses and the Burning Bush

12th century· Saint Catherine's Monastery

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, scanned 2008). The underlying 12th-century icon (92 × 64 cm) is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

c. 1030–1050· Hosios Loukas Monastery (Katholikon

Photo by Hans A. Rosbach (2009). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

c. 1100· Daphni Monastery (Katholikon of the Dormition)

Photo by Jacob Freeland (2023). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator of the Apse

Christ Pantocrator of the Apse

c. 1140–1160 (commissioned under Roger II of Sicily; Greek mosaicists, Norman patron, Arab muqarnas ceiling — the chapel's cultural-translation register)· Cappella Palatina

Photograph by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra (2012). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

c. 1143· Capella Palatina (Royal Chapel of Palermo)

Photo by Effems (2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

c. 1145 (cathedral 1131–1240)· Cefalù Cathedral

Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

c. 1180–1190· Monreale Cathedral (Duomo di Monreale)

Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Christ Pantocrator

Christ Pantocrator

December 1192· Church of Panagia tou Arakos (Panagia Arakiotissa)

Photo by David Winfield (1968–1973), MSBZ004_BF_S_1979_1913D, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington DC. Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying 12th-century fresco is in the public domain.

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

10th century (martyrdom event AD 320)· Museum of Byzantine Art (Bode Museum)

Photo by Anagoria (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Dual-licensed under GFDL 1.2+ and CC BY 3.0. The underlying 10th-century ivory plaque is in the public domain.

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

c. 950· Walters Art Museum

Image courtesy of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (accession 48.2086.1). Released under Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0. The underlying 10th-century ceramic tile is in the public domain.

The Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch

The Martyrdom of Ignatius of Antioch

c. 985 (manuscript dated to the late reign of Emperor Basil II; 430 surviving illuminations covering the saints' calendar from September through February)· Vatican Apostolic Library

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 10th-century manuscript folio). The underlying Menologion of Basil II is in the public domain.

Saint Panteleimon

Saint Panteleimon

11th century (Middle Byzantine; small steatite relief plaque worn on the chest or used to decorate larger icon frames)· Walters Art Museum

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Acc. 41.227). Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0) per the Walters' 2012 mass-release. The underlying 11th-century steatite is in the public domain.

The Saint Sophia Ohrid Fresco Program

The Saint Sophia Ohrid Fresco Program

c. 1037–1056 (the cathedral's foundation period under Archbishop Leo of Ohrid; one of the largest 11th-century fresco ensembles in Eastern Europe; the corpus's 153rd-tagged / 150th actual entry — milestone closure)· Saint Sophia Cathedral

Photograph by Raso mk (2004). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain in North Macedonia and the United States. The underlying 11th-century frescoes are in the public domain.

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

11th-century underlayer, overpainted 1259 (both layers visible in the surviving palimpsest)· Boyana Church (Sofia

Photograph by Ann Wuyts. Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying frescoes (11th c. and 1259) are in the public domain.

The Anastasis

The Anastasis

c. 1030–1050· Hosios Loukas Monastery (Katholikon

Photo by Shakko (Sofia Bagdasarova, 2014). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

12th century (with 13th-c. additions)· Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

Photo by Ismoon (2013, uploaded 2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th–13th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Theotokos of the Apse

Theotokos of the Apse

867 (inaugurated 29 March)· Hagia Sophia

Photo by Dick Osseman (Dosseman, 2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 9th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Triptych Icon of the Virgin and Child with Saints

Triptych Icon of the Virgin and Child with Saints

c. 10th century (Middle Byzantine; portable devotional triptych in carved ivory; Macedonian-Renaissance period workshop)· Walters Art Museum

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Acc. 71.158). Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0) per the Walters' 2012 mass-release of collection imagery to Wikimedia Commons. The underlying 10th-century ivory is in the public domain.

The Dormition of the Theotokos

The Dormition of the Theotokos

Late 10th century (Macedonian Renaissance, Constantinople workshop)· Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access). Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying late-10th-century Byzantine ivory plaque (18.6 × 14.8 cm) is in the public domain.

Theotokos of the Apse

Theotokos of the Apse

c. 1030–1050· Hosios Loukas Monastery (Katholikon

Photo by Hans A. Rosbach (2009). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Virgin Orans

The Virgin Orans

c. 1050· Saint Sophia Cathedral

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, file: Oranta-Kyiv.jpg, source Google Arts & Culture). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

Theotokos Agiosoritissa

Theotokos Agiosoritissa

11th–12th century (donated by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa to Spoleto in 1185 after the city's submission)· Cappella della Santissima Icona

Photograph by Wolfgang Sauber (2017). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 11th–12th-century icon at Spoleto Cathedral is in the public domain.

The Presentation of the Theotokos

The Presentation of the Theotokos

c. 1100· Daphni Monastery (Katholikon)

Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto (2025). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Italy (CC BY-SA 2.5 IT). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Theotokos Hodegetria

The Theotokos Hodegetria

c. 1080–1130 (11th-century original; main figure reworked after a 12th-century earthquake; the saints below remain from the first program)· Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

Photograph by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2016). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 11th–12th century mosaic is in the public domain.

The Nicopeia (Theotokos Nikopoios — Virgin Bringer of Victory)

The Nicopeia (Theotokos Nikopoios — Virgin Bringer of Victory)

c. 1100–1120 (Komnenian-era Constantinople workshop; the icon was the imperial palladium of Byzantine Constantinople until the Fourth Crusade in 1204)· Basilica di San Marco

Wikimedia Commons (faithful photographic reproduction). Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying c. 1100–1120 Komnenian-era icon is in the public domain.

Theotokos of Vladimir

Theotokos of Vladimir

c. 1131· State Tretyakov Gallery

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, file: Vladimirskaja_ikona_Božiej_Materi.jpg). Source: Tretyakov Gallery CD-ROM (2004). The underlying 12th-century icon (104 × 69 cm, tempera on panel) is in the public domain.

The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Late 12th century· Saint Catherine's Monastery

Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, file: Annunciation_Icon_Sinai_12th_century.jpg, scanned 2008). The underlying late-12th-century icon (61 × 42 cm, tempera on panel) is in the public domain.

150 artworks, photographs sourced primarily from Wikimedia Commons with eight from museum open-access programs (Met CC0, Walters PD/CC BY-SA, British Museum CC BY 2.5, Dumbarton Oaks CC0). Originals are public domain by age; photographs carry the licenses noted on each artwork. Click any card for full credit, license, and a link back to the source.

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