Belt Buckle
At the center of this belt buckle is a small face set within a cross. Comparable examples, some with inscriptions, suggest that the image evokes Christ in an abstracted, emblematic form, reflecting the integration of Christian symbols into Frankish metalwork.
Artwork Details
- Title: Belt Buckle
- Date: about 600
- Geography: Made in Northern France
- Culture: Frankish
- Medium: Copper alloy, "tinned" surface
- Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 11/16 in. (6 x 9.6 x 1.8 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.191.223
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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