Icon of The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

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The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, whose names are given in Greek, are shown reclining inside a cave where a basket of olives hangs from the roof. Jagged mountain peaks rise above the cave. Legend records that the Christian youths seeking refuge in a cave, from the persecution of the Emperor Decius in c.200 , fell asleep and were miraculously awakened over two hundred years later at the time of the Council of Ephesus (AD 431). This was a popular subject in Cretan icons from the fifteenth century onwards.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Icon of The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

Date

16th C–17th C

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 15.2 x W 13.2 cm

Accession number

AN1988.23

Acquisition method

Presented by Miss Rosemary Rendel in memory of her parents, Sir George and Lady Rendel, 1988

Work type

Painting

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