Dumbarton Oaks - Reproduction of Head of the Virgin from Deesis, Kariye Camii

Reproduction of Head of the Virgin from Deesis, Kariye Camii

Lawrence J. Majewski (1919–1999)
Ernest J. W. Hawkins (1905–1993)

1958
112.4 cm x 111.76 cm (44 1/4 in. x 44 in.)
painted plaster cast
BZ.2013.012

Not on view

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Description

Following restoration work by the Byzantine Institute in the Chora Monastery (Kariye Camii) in Istanbul from 1947-1954, Lawrence Majewski and Ernest Hawkins ordered replicas of the head of the Virgin from the Deesis mosaic. Latex molds were made, and two plaster casts made from the molds. Each mold was then painted in front of the original by local artists.

For a finding aid of related materials, see https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/dca00003/catalog

Bibliography

N. Teteriatnikov, "The Byzantine Institute and its Role in the Conservation of the Kariye Camii," in Restoring Byzantium: the Kariye Camii in Istanbul and the Byzantine Institute Restoration, ed. H.A. Klein and R.G. Ousterhout (New York, 2004), 43-60, esp. 57, n. 59, pl. 6.

Acquisition History

Transferred from the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) to the Museum, January 2009.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.

Object Last Modified: 5/17/2023