id:			131824
accession number:	1954.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.4
updated:		2023-08-23 21:11:52.480000

Intaglio with Male Portrait Bust, 500s. Byzantium, 6th century. Amethyst with gold mount; overall: 4.3 x 2.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.4

title:				Intaglio with Male Portrait Bust
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		599
current location:		104 Late Antiquity
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Byzantium, 6th century
technique:	amethyst with gold mount
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Glyptic
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measurements: Overall: 4.3 x 2.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
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fun fact:
While the identity of this man is unknown, his portrait, carved into this gem, preserves his likeness. His family may have commissioned this artwork to remember him by. Do you have any keepsakes that remind you of family members?

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. “Byzantine Goldsmith Work.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 8 (1954): 190–95.
	page number: 	Mentioned and illustrated.
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141983.

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