Detail View: The AMICA Library: Icon with Christ Antiphonetes
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1979.217
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Description:
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The icon carries a Greek inscription identifying Christ as Antiphonetes, "the guarantor." A famous icon of Christ was so named because, according to a miracle story, it had been held as loan collateral by a creditor. The Byzantine empress Zoë (r. 1028?50) had coins struck with the Antiphonetes image and kept an icon of the type close at hand. "I myself have often seen her, in moments of great distress, clasp the sacred object in her hands, contemplate it, talk to it as if it were indeed alive, and address it with one sweet term of endearment after another," wrote court historian Michael Psellos (1018?ca. 1081).
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Probably made in Greece
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Byzantine
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Title:
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Icon with Christ Antiphonetes
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View:
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Principal view
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1350 or later
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Creation Start Date:
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1340
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Creation End Date:
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1360
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Materials and Techniques:
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Steatite
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Dimensions:
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2 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/4 in. (6.7 x 5.4 x 1.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York
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ID Number:
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1979.217
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Credit Line:
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Rogers Fund, 1979
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Copyright:
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.h1_1979.217.tif
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