# Virgin and Child with Two Angels

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Greek](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd>)
- Date: 1201-1250
- Technique: Tempera on wood, 35 x 26 cm

## Commentary

Virgin and Child with Two Angels c. 1250 Tempera on wood, 35 x 26 cm Holy Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai This small icon is a Byzantine prototype from which several 13th-century paintings were derived.

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- [Angelic Choir of the Nativity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/angelic-choir-of-the-nativity-r682762a4879b2b>)
- [Christ Pantocrator](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/christ-pantocrator-r4930f3802e7e3e>)
- [Intercession of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/intercession-of-the-virgin-r820972f9eab391>)
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- [The Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-icon-painter-greek-r4999e4f1cd85fd/the-crucifixion-rf801b369a9a71e>)
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## Attribution

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