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The Greek artist, Manoli Philippakis, painted this icon for the Pitt Rivers Museum. The Museum’s photographer recorded the artist’s progress in a series of photographs now held in the Museum archives. This icon is modern, but it stands within a tradition stretching back hundreds of years. The earliest known icons, painted on wooden boards, like this one, date from the sixth century. Philippakis has chosen a traditional style to portray Jesus ‘Christ Pantocrator’, meaning Almighty Christ. In this composition, Christ holds a copy of the New Testament in his left hand and his right hand is raised in blessing. The colours have symbolic meanings: red for the divine life, blue for the human life.
The Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
Oxford
Title
Jesus Christ
Date
1976
Medium
oil on wood
Measurements
H 80 x W 54.8 cm
Accession number
1976.24.1
Acquisition method
purchased, 1976
Work type
Painting
