UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Greek
(active around 1100 in Constantinople)

The Holy Warriors George, Theodore, and Demetrius

c. 1100
Tempera on chestnut panel, 29 x 36 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Sts George, Theodore and Demetrius were supposed to have appeared to help the Crusaders during the siege of Antioch in 1098. Small portable icons of these warrior saints were particularly popular with the military aristocracy, who took them on campaigns and prayed in front of them before battles.




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