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Source Description
This elderly saint with a long twisted beard and covered head is depicted frontally, directly confronting the viewer. His rich yellow halo adds to the impressiveness of his demeanor. He likely would have been accompanied originally by additional saints in the context of a church fresco.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
33302
label
Head of a Saint
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
33302
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Saint
description
This elderly saint with a long twisted beard and covered head is depicted frontally, directly confronting the viewer. His rich yellow halo adds to the impressiveness of his demeanor. He likely would have been accompanied originally by additional saints in the context of a church fresco.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Kelekian inv. no. 3817]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
frescoes
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.8
height
10.2
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 in. (10.8 x 10.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Orthodox Eastern
inscriptions
[Transcription] Sticker on reverse in upper center: D. KELEKIAN; in pen: 3817; in pencil: 10; 2
Place Vendôme; [Transcription] In pencil in upper left corner of reverse: Salonica; [Transcription] In pencil in upper right corner of reverse
circled: 2
med
fresco with secco
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
cd7d40a13385161c