“One doesn’t tend to think of silver plates as being quite as emotionally involving.”
Curator Helen Evans on a Byzantine plate with the Battle of David and Goliath.
Contributors
Helen C. Evans
Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator Emerita for Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator Emerita for Byzantine Art, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Photography by Bruce J. Schwarz
Art Mentioned
Byzantine
629–30
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