Picturing Christ’s childhood

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Fundić, L. (2013). Picturing Christ’s childhood: Some examples of a rare iconographic theme inspired by the infancy gospels, (37), 133-145. doi:10.2298/ZOG1337103F
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Title

Picturing Christ’s childhood

Subtitle

Some examples of a rare iconographic theme inspired by the infancy gospels

Author

Leonela, Fundić

Journal

Zograf

Volume
Issue

37

Start page

133

End page

145

ISSN

0350-1361

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/ZOG1337103F

URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13611337103F

Date

2013-2020/03/11/20:37:31

Abstract

This article examines Byzantine wall paintings dated to the thirteenth and fourteenth century depicting a rare iconographic theme of Jesus’s childhood inspired by the Infancy Gospels. The iconography shows the Virgin Mary leading the child Jesus by the hand. The child is depicted holding different objects, such as a writing tablet, an unfurled scroll, or a wicker basket filled with flowers or fruits. Several of the scenes under examination have been hitherto misidentified or altogether unknown. In addition to this, the article interprets these representations in a broader iconographic context and addresses the possible origin of the theme.

Keywords

Greece, Byzantine art, Crete, Child Christ, Infancy Gospels, Schooling, St. John the Baptist, thirteenth and fourteenth century, Virgin Mary, Western Medieval Art, wicker basket, writing tablets