Intaglio with Male Portrait Bust
500s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Intaglio with Male Portrait Bust, 500s. Byzantium, 6th century. Amethyst with gold mount; overall: 4.3 x 2.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.4 While the identity of this man is unknown, his portrait, carved into this gem, preserves his likeness. His family may have commissioned this artwork to remember him by. Do you have any keepsakes that remind you of family members?
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Glyptic
- Formatted Medium
- amethyst with gold mount
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.3 x 2.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1954.4
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 104 Late Antiquity
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