Cleveland Museum of Art 128824 portrait pendant 1100s; frame mid-1300s CC0 cma sacred-art portraits objects-with-gravity sacred art objects with gravity medieval madonna child marble silver pearls relief religious pendant roman byzantine icon the virgin dexiokratousa and frame winged bull saint luke back pendant 1100s; frame mid-1300s Byzantium (pendant); Germany, Aachen (frame), Byzantine period, 12th century (pendant); Byzantine period, 14th century (frame) steatite, gilt silver, pearls Glyptic Religious Sacred & Devotional Faces in Time Objects with Gravity
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- CC0
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- 596 × 900 px · WebP
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- Pendant Icon with the Virgin "Dexiokratousa" and Frame with Winged Bull of Saint Luke on the back (pendant 1100s; frame mid-1300s). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.445
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From the museum record
This small-scale Byzantine icon depicts a half-length figure of the Virgin holding the Christ child. When the icon was mounted in its present frame by a German artist in the 14th century, it was considered to be an authentic portrait painted by Saint Luke. This claim, made in an inscription on the frame, is further emphasized by the ox, Saint Luke’s symbol, engraved on the frame’s reverse.
Lupin’s visual index
A pale green marble Madonna and Child relief is encased in a silver frame with a pearl embellishment and chain.
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