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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Pectoral Cross with New Testament Scenes
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
The carvings on this small cross show the Annunciation, Crucifixion, and Deposition on one side, and the Nativity, Baptism (flanked by two soldier saints), Virgin and Child, and Twelve Apostles on the other. The enameled gold frame appears to be Constantinopolitan work of the 17th century.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Turkey, Istanbul (Constantinople) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/4 x W: 2 3/8 in. (12.1 x 6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
61.143