id:			161779
accession number:	2001.119
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.119
updated:		2025-09-13 18:33:32.271000

Belt Buckle, c. 525–560. Visigothic, Spain, Migration Period, 6th century. Bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of gilding; bronze and glass; overall: 7.1 x 2.7 cm (2 13/16 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2001.119

title:				Belt Buckle
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creation date:			c. 525–560
creation date earliest:		525
creation date latest:		560
current location:		106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Visigothic, Spain, Migration Period, 6th century
technique:	bronze with garnets, glass, mother of pearl, gold foil, traces of gilding; bronze and glass
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Migration Period
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 7.1 x 2.7 cm (2 13/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Benzaquen Family, Gibraltar, sold to Ariadne Galleries
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	Ariadne Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -2001
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh
	date: 2001-
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CITATIONS

	Ariadne Galleries, and Meadows Museum. <em>Spain: A Heritage Rediscovered 3000 BC-AD 711.</em> New York: Ariadne Galleries, 1992.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 124-125
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	Fliegel, Stephen N., "Wearable Wealth", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 42 no. 04, April 2002
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 8-9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2002-04/page/n7

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 106-107, no. 33
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