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Tinned-Copper Plaque with a Personification

350–400
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301
Charming curly-haired youths, possibly personifying the months and the seasons, decorate these plaques that were once attached to a larger object, perhaps a casket.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tinned-Copper Plaque with a Personification
  • Date: 350–400
  • Geography: Made in probably Rome, Italy
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Tinned copper
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 3/16 in. (5.7 x 5.7 x 0.4 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Copper
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Alastair B. Martin and William K. Simpson Gifts, Gift and Bequest of George Blumenthal, by exchange, Rogers Fund, and funds from various donors, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.298.3
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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