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Source Description
This fresco fragment displays an image of a saint depicted frontally, confronting the viewer. His stern gaze, staff, and garment that evokes armor suggest that he is a military saint. The figure’s halo and breastplate are highlighted in gold.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
36868
label
Head of a Saint
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
36868
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Saint
description
This fresco fragment displays an image of a saint depicted frontally, confronting the viewer. His stern gaze, staff, and garment that evokes armor suggest that he is a military saint. The figure’s halo and breastplate are highlighted in gold.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Kelekian inv. no. 3816]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1200-1400
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
heads
imageCount
1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.5
height
12.1
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 4 15/16 x 4 3/4 in. (12.5 x 12.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Orthodox Eastern
inscriptions
[Transcription] Sticker on reverse in center: D. KELEKIAN; in pen: 3816; in pencil: 10; 2
Place Vendôme; [Transcription] Rectangular sticker on reverse at center: Two small Byzantine Frescos
/About 13th. Century
/Found at Salonica; [Transcription] On reverse in lower center in pencil: 2
med
fresco and secco with gold
creator_ids
6640
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none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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90d643790097e2fd