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Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios

250–300
Not on view
This exquisitely vivid image of an educated youth of the powerful port city of Alexandria probably celebrates his success in a musical contest. The medallion, worked in gold on dark blue glass, was made to be mounted and worn as a pendant.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios
  • Date: 250–300
  • Geography: Made in Alexandria, Egypt
  • Culture: Roman
  • Medium: Glass, gold leaf, polychromy
  • Dimensions: Overall: 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. (4.1 x 0.6 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Gold glass
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.258
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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