Belt Buckle
On this bronze buckle, one of many made for less wealthy patrons, the portrait of a beardless Christ was thought to protect the wearer from harm. Belt buckles were in use in the Byzantine Empire by the 5th century, when the Roman toga began to be replaced by trousers as part o...
Artifact
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id
3499
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by purchase; Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, April 20, 1949, no. 258; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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source
import
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2332 |