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Presentation of the Virgin/ Transfiguration
(Byzantium and Early Russia)
The unusual pendant is made from a copper panel with oil paintings on both sides, encased in double cabochon rock-crystal, set in a collar of silver filigree enamel. One side depicts the Annunciation to the Virgin, the other, the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. The miniature paintings are magnified by the crystal.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Morton Rosenbaum, Philadelphia [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1965, by purchase.
Geographies
Russia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1965
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1975