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Museum information: “This exceptional painting on wood comes from the monastery of Bawit in Middle Egypt. Dated to the 8th century, it represents Christ (easily recognizable by his halo with a cross) and Abbot Mena, the superior of the monastery at…

Looted from the Monastery of Stoudios in Constantinople, this icon of the Virgin was brought to Venice by Enrico Dandolo. This transfer was seen by some Venetians as representative of the transference of God's favor and blessing from Constantinople…

The Image of Edessa or the Mandylion (see image top right), is a relic of a cloth onto which the face of Christ had been imprinted. Not to be confused with other, similar, relics (such as the Veronica veil or the Shroud of Turin), the story of the…

Made in Constantinople in the late 11th to early 12th century, this icon first appears in the inventory of San Marco in 1325, but most likely came to Venice after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. The figure of Michael is identified by the roundels…

This icon is made up of several previously unrelated elements of Byzantine artistry, all set within a Venetian filigree panel. The central lapis medallion represents one of just a few examples of Byzantine hard-stone that has been inlaid with gold.…