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The Old Testament Trinity (Abraham Receiving the Angels)

Place of OriginByzantine, Crete
DateProbably mid-17th century
DimensionsH: 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W: 33 1/4 in. (84.4 cm)
MediumTempera on wood panel
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1948.75
Not on View
Published ReferencesRice, D. Talbot, Byzantine Art, Oxford, 1935, p. 119.

Muratoff, Paul, The Charles Seltman Collection of Byzantine Paintings, Paris, 1939 (According to Documentary file, never published).

Philippe, Joseph, Le monde Byzantin dans l'histoire de la verrerie; Bologna, 1970; p. 158, 207, repr. p. 208.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, p. 389, repr.

Exhibition HistoryLondon, Burlington House, Greek Art, 1946, no. 345, repr. pl. 87.

London, Courtauld Institute, Byzantine and Greek Paintings, 1933, no. 10.

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about 1510
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late 15th century
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about 1375-1423/24
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Francesco Pesellino
about 1455
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Spiridon Chrysoloras
about 1550
The Crucifixion
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after 1400
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about 1395-1400

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