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Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa

Early-1300s Byzantine miniature-mosaic icon of the Virgin Eleousa, registered as a source-backed museum object.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2008.352

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Title
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
Date
early 1300s
Medium
Miniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, multicolored stones, and gilded copper
Culture
Byzantine
Geography
Made in probably Constantinople
Classification
Mosaics
Rights checked
2026-09-10 · Public Domain
Geography + Transmission profile

Constantinople & Marmara

4th–15th c. Byzantine core; records vary · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

Imperial-capital and Marmara/Nicaean context.

Production / use

Object record: Early-1300s Byzantine miniature-mosaic icon of the Virgin Eleousa, registered as a source-backed museum object. Production place is taken only from explicit museum/graph evidence; current collection is a separate present-location state.

Movement / provenance

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Artistic relation

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Reception / adaptation

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Uncertainty

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Places + regional groupings

2 direct
Constantinopleassociated-with · qualified-source-backedConstantinopolitan Luxury Production Network← includes-object-production-evidence · qualified-source-backed

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Icon types + scenes

1 direct
Virgin Eleousadepicts-as-type · source-backed

Materials + making

1 direct
Miniature Mosaicuses-technique · source-backed

History + actors

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Concepts + transmission methods

1 direct
Rights & Provenance Boundary← governs · system-rule
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Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaassociated-with →Constantinople← located-in →Hagia Sophia
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaassociated-with →Constantinople← located-in →Chora Church / Monastery
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaassociated-with →Constantinople← associated-with →Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaassociated-with →Constantinople← made-in →Double-Sided Pendant Icon (Met 1994.403)
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaassociated-with →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Hodegetria
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousauses-technique →Miniature Mosaicis-portable-form-of →Mosaic
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa← governs →Rights & Provenance Boundarydistinct-from →Icon Panel Making Reconstruction
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousadepicts-as-type →Virgin Eleousarepresents →Virgin Mary
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousadepicts-as-type →Virgin Eleousaincludes →Christ
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousadepicts-as-type →Virgin Eleousatransmitted-to →Byzantium and the Latin West
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousaassociated-with →Constantinople← connects →Byzantine–Slavic Transmission
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Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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5 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 3 navigation themes

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Miniature MosaicPortable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa —uses-technique→ Miniature Mosaic · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-211.Virgin EleousaPortable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa —depicts-as-type→ Virgin Eleousa · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-210.ConstantinoplePortable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa —associated-with→ Constantinople · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-212.Constantinopolitan Luxury Production NetworkPortable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa ←includes-object-production-evidence— Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-669.
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depicts-as-type
Virgin Eleousa
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
uses-technique
Miniature Mosaic
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
associated-with
Constantinople
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← governs
Rights & Provenance Boundary
system-rule
← includes-object-production-evidence
Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data

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