id: 157138 accession number: 1993.37 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.37 updated: 2021-03-27 12:16:21.150000 Pectoral Cross, 1600s. Byzantium, Russia, Byzantine period, 17th century. Walrus ivory, wood, partially gilt silver and pearls; overall: 10.5 x 5 x 1.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett 1993.37 title: Pectoral Cross title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1600s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1699 current location: creditline: Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Eleanor and Morris Everett copyright: --- culture: Byzantium, Russia, Byzantine period, 17th century technique: walrus ivory, wood, partially gilt silver and pearls department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Byzantine type: Ivory find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10.5 x 5 x 1.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Slavonic inscriptions on obverse and reverse. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors opening date: 1995-11-22T05:00:00 Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This ivory cross is carved on the front with scenes drawn from Twelve Feasts of the Orthodox Church, including the Passion and Resurrection of Christ; on the reverse is a scene of the Mother of God surrounded by clergy. The scenes include Slavonic inscriptions. The ivory cross is mounted within a silver frame as a pectoral to be worn at the breast, probably by a priest. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.37/1993.37_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.37/1993.37_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.37/1993.37_full.tif