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On 12/07/11, Christopher Crockett wrote:
> not to get all Iconographical, but this standing figure, nursing an infant
>
>
> http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065225_kurbinovo0114.jpg
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> i first thought was the *Standing* Virgin --a very unusual iconography.
>
> but, looking closer at the woman's face, and at the lack of a cruciform halo
> for the infant
>
> http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304065174_kurbinovo0113.jpg
>
> it seems to be St. Anne and the Virgin --or St. Elisabeth & John the B.? [i
> can't make out the accompanying inscription, which might be dispositive.]
It's the former. The man's inscription identifies him as Joachim.
> a quite unusual theme, at least in the West.
For what it's worth, this touristic site on Kurbinovo says that breast-feeding in general is very rare in Byzantine art:
http://tinyurl.com/5tgtrfe
A partial view of the entire composition is here (lower register):
http://tinyurl.com/cmxgggu
The saints to the viewer's left of Joachim and Anne are Constantine and Helen; to the left of them one can make out a bit of St. Panteleimon (the part of the panel that's not shown in that view has the Holy Unmercenaries [Agioi Anargyroi] Cosmas, Damian, and Panteleimon plus a bit of at least one more saint further to the left <http://tinyurl.com/6tkwoyx>).
Best,
John Dillon
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