The Panagia Hodegetria and the Three Hierarchs. A two-sided icon of the Byzantine Museum of Athens

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Published: Sep 22, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.18572
Keywords:
Byzantine painting 14th century two-sided icons Panagia Hodegetria Three Hierarchs churches of the Three Hierarchs Constantinople Thessaloniki Byzantine Museum Athens.
Μυρτάλη ΑΧΕΙΜΑΣΤΟΥ-ΠΟΤΑΜΙΑΝΟΥ (Myrtali ACHEIMASTOU-POTAMIANOU)
Director Emerita of the Byzantine Museum, Athens
Abstract
The large two-sided processional icon of the Byzantine Museum, an excellent work of the early 14th century, is the first icon known with a representation of the Three Hierarchs. This article traces related works and parallels to the rare iconological composition of the Panagia Hodegetria and the Three Hierarchs and investigates the characteristics of the icon’s iconography and style. Its relation to the decorations of the church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki and the Chora monastery in particular lead to the view that it was a work of the same period by a Constantinopolitan master, perhaps painted for a high church official in Constantinople or Thessaloniki.
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