The Museum’s collection of Byzantine and Postbyzantine icons includes items dating from all periods of Byzantine and Postbyzantine art and originating from Greece, Asia Minor and the Balkans.
Legal status
Byzantine and Christian Museum
Subject
Culture; Cultural creation; Cultural identity; National cultures; Cultural policy and planning; Belief; Religion; Byzantine history; Religious history; Local history; Archaeology; Architecture; Buildings; Monuments; Museums
Time
Byzantine era; Early Byzantine period; Early Byzantine period; Middle Byzantine period; Late Byzantine period; Post Byzantine period; Frankish rule (13th – 17th century); Venetian rule (14th – 18th century); Ottoman rule (15th – 19th century); 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
Places
GREECE; TURKEY
Famous item
Ψηφιδωτή εικόνα με τη Θεοτόκο Γλυκοφιλούσα (ΒΧΜ00990)
The Museum’s collection of Byzantine and Postbyzantine icons includes items dating from all periods of Byzantine and Postbyzantine art and originating from Greece, Minor Asia and the Balkans, as well ...
Αμφιπρόσωπη εικόνα με παραστάσεις Σταύρωσης (9ος-13ος αι.) και Θεοτόκου Οδηγήτριας (16ος αι.). Διαστάσεις: 87Χ62 εκ. BXM 975 - Bilateral icon. Obverse: The Crucifixion. Reverse: The Virgin Hodegetria. Dimensions: 87X63 cm. BXM 975 Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο - Byzantine and Christian Museum
Ψηφιδωτή εικόνα με τη Θεοτόκο Γλυκοφιλούσα. Τέλη 13ου αι. Διαστάσεις: 107Χ75 εκ. ΒΧΜ 990 - Mosaic icon: Virgin "The Episkepsis". Late 13th c. Dimensions: 107X75 cm. BXM 990 Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο - Byzantine and Christian Museum
Εικόνα με τον Άγιο Γεώργιο. Νικόλαος Καντούνης. Τέλη 18ου αι. Διαστάσεις: 85Χ47 εκ. ΒΧΜ 1585 - Saint George. Nikolaos Kantounis of Zante. Late 18th c. Dimensions: 85X47 cm. BXM 1585 Βυζαντινό και Χριστιανικό Μουσείο - Byzantine and Christian Museum
