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Head of a Saint
This fresco fragment, perhaps from Salonika (modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece), displays striated modeling across the figure’s face and hair. This treatment, which is characteristic of Byzantine painting technique, emphasizes the inner psyche of the unidentified saint, lending him an introspective air.
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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. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/1/1946 | Treatment | repaired |
Measurements
Overall: 6 x 3 1/2 in. (15.2 x 8.9 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.
37.331