Flat Brooch

Date:: 3rd century

Culture:: Late Roman

Medium:: Copper alloy, glass cabochon

Dimensions:: Overall: 1 5/8 x 1 x 1/2 in. (4.1 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm)

Classification:: Metalwork-Bronze

Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number:: 17.191.239

Not on view

J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1917)

Ricci, Seymour de. Catalogue of a Collection of Gallo-Roman Antiquities Belonging to J. Pierpont Morgan. Paris: C. Berger, 1911. no. 239, p. 36, pl. XII.

Neumayer, Heino. "Die gallo-römischen Funde aus Frankreich im Department of Medieval Art des Metropolitan Museum of Art." Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica 48 (2016). p. 98, fig. 14 (1).

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1-500A.D.

Department

Medieval Art (7,095)

Object Type / Material

Copper alloy (19,067)

Geographic Location

Date / Era

Crossbow Brooch

Artist: Date: ca. 430
Accession Number: 1995.97 Date: ca. 430 Medium: Gold Accession: 1995.97 On view in:Gallery 301

Wing Brooch

Artist: Date: 100–200
Accession Number: 1998.76 Date: 100–200 Medium: Silver, gold, four carnelians Accession: 1998.76 On view in:Gallery 301

Crossbow Brooch

Artist: Date: second half A.D. 4th century
Accession Number: 1999.42 Date: second half A.D. 4th century Medium: Gilt copper alloy with niello inlay Accession: 1999.42 On view in:Gallery 301

Brooch in the Form of a Peacock

Artist: Date: 2nd–3rd century
Accession Number: 51.125.1 Date: 2nd–3rd century Medium: Champlevé enamel, bronze, garnet cabochon Accession: 51.125.1 On view in:Gallery 301

Brooch in the form of a Stag

Artist: Date: 2nd–3rd century
Accession Number: 1996.212 Date: 2nd–3rd century Medium: Copper alloy, champleve enamel Accession: 1996.212 On view in:Gallery 301