Pendant Icon with the Virgin "Dexiokratousa"
1100s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Pendant Icon with the Virgin "Dexiokratousa", 1100s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 12th century. Steatite, gilt silver, pearls; overall: 5.3 x 4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.445.1
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Glyptic
- Formatted Medium
- steatite, gilt silver, pearls
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.3 x 4 cm (2 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1951.445.1
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557), Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378), CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," cat. no. 114.<br>Aachen, 1965: Rathaus und Kreuzgang des Domes, Karl der Grosse, no.674.<br>New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)" March 15, 2004-July 5, 2004.<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"<br>National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (5/14/2016 - 9/25/2016) and the Germaniches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany (10/20/2016 - 3/5/2017): "Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
