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Panel with Winged Figures

5th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 302
The pair of naturalistically rendered winged figures, possibly angels, are painted in encaustic, or melted colored wax, the medium used for the earliest surviving icons.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Panel with Winged Figures
  • Date: 5th century
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Wood; painted in encaustic
  • Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
    W. 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm)
    Thickness. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
  • Classification: Wood
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1939
  • Object Number: 39.158.1
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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