id: 161779
accession number: 2001.119
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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
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).
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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. Spain: A Heritage Rediscovered 3000 BC-AD 711. 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. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. 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. 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. 106-107, no. 33
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