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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Door Plaque with the Head of a Saint

Door Plaque with the Head of a Saint

500s
Overall: 18.5 x 17.2 x 1.6 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Location: 105 Byzantine

Description

The original function of this bronze plaque is not known with certainty. It was probably once gilded and may have been affixed to a wooden.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York.
  • Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, "Early Christian and Byzantine Art" 1947.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.57