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Head of an Archangel
This fresco fragment, perhaps from Salonika (modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece), depicts a curly-haired angel wearing a robe with a jeweled neckline. The smooth modeling of the face evokes the idealized, heavenly nature of this figure.
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Provenance
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[Said to be from Thessaloniki [Salonika]]; Joseph Brummer, New York, October 28, 1923, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. 770, 771, or 772 - sold together as lot]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, December 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1947 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Saloniki? (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (15.6 x 11.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, December 1923
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.
37.323