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Source Description
This brooch was probably made to fasten a ceremonial cloak, and may have been intended as a diplomatic gift or memento. The central composition parallels the main face of the famous gold coin, a ducat, of the Venetian Doge Giovanni Dandolo minted in 1288-1289. Unlike the coin, the medallion is neither struck or diecast; it is tooled and chased, making it one of a kind.
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Document identity
localId
152810
label
Votive or Civic Badge with a Crowned Figure Kneeling before Christ
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Source metadata
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152810
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object
title
Votive or Civic Badge with a Crowned Figure Kneeling before Christ
description
This brooch was probably made to fasten a ceremonial cloak, and may have been intended as a diplomatic gift or memento. The central composition parallels the main face of the famous gold coin, a ducat, of the Venetian Doge Giovanni Dandolo minted in 1288-1289. Unlike the coin, the medallion is neither struck or diecast; it is tooled and chased, making it one of a kind.
date
c. 1300
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60761404
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 3.4 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.)
cul
Italy, Venice
accession
1985.61
Source extras
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gold repoussé medallion under glass inset within a bronze clasp
tombstone
Votive or Civic Badge with a Crowned Figure Kneeling before Christ, c. 1300. Italy, Venice. Gold repoussé medallion under glass inset within a bronze clasp; overall: 3.4 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Mrs. Norman S. Jeavons, 1985.61
collection
MED - Gothic
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 43; Mentioned: p. 63, no. 43
citation
Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 78-79, fig. 12
creditline
Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Mrs. Norman S. Jeavons
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2026-05-29 07:54:04.885000
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152810
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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gold repoussé medallion under glass inset within a bronze clasp
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