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Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator

late 1000s–1100s (cameo); 1100s–1300s (mount)
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303
The elaborately carved cameo depicts the enthroned Virgin and Christ Child flanked by archangels, a subject often depicted in the apse of Orthodox churches. On the reverse of the gold case is an image of Christ Pantokrator, which would have been found in the dome of a church. The frame is typical of the Rus’, peoples of the north who had been converted by the Orthodox Christian clergy of Constantinople and who thus prized Byzantine works.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator
  • Date: late 1000s–1100s (cameo); 1100s–1300s (mount)
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Chalcedony cameo; gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and a sardonyx intaglio
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 5/8 in. (7.2 x 5.5 x 1.6 cm)
    Chalcedony: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Lapidary Work-Chalcedony
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Christopher C. Grisanti and Suzanne P. Fawbush, Austin B. Chinn, and Katharine R. Brown Gifts, Gifts of Marx Freres, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Mrs. Frank D. Millett, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 2007
  • Object Number: 2007.9
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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