The Ryerson Diptych: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Donor; The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist, and Two Angels

ca. 1275–85

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Pilgrims to the Holy Land could buy icons and other devotional objects at both holy sites and special shops in major cities. The purchaser of this icon, who is pictured to the left of the Virgin’s throne, likely bought the diptych in Acre, the last Crusader outpost in the Holy Land. Workshops there specialized in providing holy images, modeled on Byzantine paintings, to European Christians.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: The Ryerson Diptych: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Angels and Donor; The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist, and Two Angels
Date: ca. 1275–85
Geography: Made in Acre
Medium: Tempera and gold on wood panels with gilded plaster pastiglia
Dimensions: For Each Wing: 15 × 11 5/8 in. (38.1 × 29.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings-Panels
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection (1933.1035)
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters