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Small painted wooden icon pendant. Left panel: a rider on a white horse spears a dragon on red. Right panel: the Virgin and child with haloed figures.

Double Diptych Icon Pendant

A small hinged double panel painted in tempera on wood. The left leaf shows a mounted rider on a white horse spearing a dragon against a red ground, while the right leaf, behind glass, shows the Virgin holding the child, framed by haloed figures.

Artist
Unknown
Date
early 18th century
Medium
Wood, tempera pigment, string
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
4000 × 2960 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1800).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1997

Español: Píxide de díptico doble con San Jorge y la Virgen con el Niño

Un pequeño díptico doble de madera, con bisagra, pintado al temple. La hoja izquierda muestra a un jinete sobre un caballo blanco clavando su lanza en un dragón sobre fondo rojo, mientras que la derecha, tras un cristal, presenta a la Virgen con el Niño, rodeados de figuras con halo.

Português: Pingente de ícone em díptico duplo com São Jorge e a Virgem com o Menino

Um pequeno díptico duplo de madeira, com dobradiça, pintado em têmpera. A folha esquerda mostra um cavaleiro em cavalo branco espetando um dragão sobre fundo vermelho, enquanto a direita, atrás de vidro, apresenta a Virgem com o Menino, cercados por figuras com auréola.

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