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Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)

Byzantine ivory following the Hodegetria type, dated mid-10th–mid-11th century in the Met record.

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Title: Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
Date: mid-10th–mid-11th century
Medium: Elephant ivory
Culture: Byzantine
Geography: Not asserted in archive
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Source record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art object 17.190.103 ↗
Rights checked: 2026-09-10 · Public Domain

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IvoryIcon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103) —uses-material→ Ivory · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-015.Virgin HodegetriaIcon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103) —depicts-as-type→ Virgin Hodegetria · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-014.ConstantinopleIcon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103) —associated-with→ Constantinople · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-016.Rights & Provenance BoundaryIcon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103) ←governs— Rights & Provenance Boundary · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-034.

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