Description
The human hand on the foreleg of the griffin would have held the pin of this brooch.







Griffin Fibula
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
4/30/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
12/20/1977 | Examination | x-ray fluorescence |
6/01/1983 | Examination | examined for condition |
6/14/1983 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
3/01/1984 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; other |
Exhibitions
- Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
- 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. 1984-1987.
- Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987.
Provenance
Andronicos Kidaoglou, Constantinople, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2124]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Credit
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Creator
- Anatolian (Artist)
Period
8th-7th century BC (Urartian)Accession Number
54.2232Measurements
1 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 9/16 in. (3.5 x 3.1 x 1.5 cm)Geographies
- Iran (Place of Origin)
- Turkey (Place of Origin)