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Pendant with Portrait of Alexander the Great

Roman (Jeweler)
4th century (Late Antique)
gold
(Roman Empire , Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

This pendant is decorated with repoussé and with a beaded moulding border.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Aboukir, Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1993-1994 Coins and Costume in Late Antiquity. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington.
1984-1987 Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1983-1984 Late Antiquity and Early Christianity. Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main.
1980-1983 The Search for Alexander. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
1979-1980 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Egypt (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

3 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 3/8 in. (8.2 x 9.3 x 1 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury

Accession Number

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57.526

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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