id: 128825
accession number: 1951.445.1
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Pendant Icon with the Virgin "Dexiokratousa", 1100s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century. Steatite, gilt silver, pearls; overall: 5.3 x 4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.445.1
title: Pendant Icon with the Virgin "Dexiokratousa"
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creation date: 1100s
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1199
current location: 105 Byzantine
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century
technique: steatite, gilt silver, pearls
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Glyptic
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measurements: Overall: 5.3 x 4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)
opening date: 2004-03-15T00:00:00
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 15-July 5, 2004).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).
title: Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
opening date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011); The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (June 23-October 9, 2011).
title: Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)
opening date: 2016-05-14T00:00:00
Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378). National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (organizer) (May 14-September 25, 2016); Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 90402 Nürnberg, Germany (October 20, 2016-March 5, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," cat. no. 114.', 'opening_date': '2011-02-13T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Aachen, 1965: Rathaus und Kreuzgang des Domes, Karl der Grosse, no.674.', 'opening_date': '1965-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)" March 15, 2004-July 5, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2004-03-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (5/14/2016 - 9/25/2016) and the Germaniches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany (10/20/2016 - 3/5/2017): "Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)"', 'opening_date': '2016-05-14T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Treasury of the Cathedral of Aachen; bequeathed in 1804 to the Empress Joséphine of France (1763-1814), Paris; by inheritance to her son Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, prince of Venice and duke of Leuchtenberg (1781-1824), Paris; Henri Daguerre, Paris; César de Hauke, Paris
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 40
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n64
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 40
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n62
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 42
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n62
Winter, Patrick M. de. “The Sacral Treasure of the Guelphs.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 1 (March 1985): 2–160.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 20, fig. 14
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159893
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 76-77, no. 20
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