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Statuette of Aelia Flaccilla (?), from Constantinople (?)

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Description: Statuette of Aelia Flaccilla (?), from Constantinople (?)
TitleStatuette of Aelia Flaccilla (?), from Constantinople (?)
Creator nameUnknown
Creator name (description)http://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/app/collection/record/ark:/12148/c33gbg5bd
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date375AD–400AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
Dimensionsh. 78 cm
LocationBibliothèque nationale, Cabinet de Médailles, Paris
inv.57.13
SubjectsEmpresses--Byzantine EmpireSculpture, Byzantine
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3. Female Imperial Authority: Empresses of the Theodosian House: Galla Placidia
Carolyn L. Connor
Description: Women of Byzantium
Women of Byzantium
~ The stolid profiles of the women of the Valentinian and Theodosian dynasties as they appear on coins minted during the late fourth and fifth centuries offer slight hints at some of the issues behind these images. Coinage was a traditional mode of projecting emperors’ images throughout the empire, indicating in its formulaic...
Author
Carolyn L. Connor
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2004 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.45-72
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00178.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19102&redirecttoanchor=41938
Chapter subject tags:Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500Empresses--Byzantine Empire--BiographyCoins, ByzantineByzantine Empire--Civilization--To 527Empresses in art

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MaterialsIvory
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Description: Coin of Licinia Eudoxia, obverse and reverse
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 14
Creator roleMetalist
Creation date439AD
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsGold
Dimensionsdiam. 21 mm
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/byzantine-emperors-on-coins/fourth-fifth-centuries-emperors/solidus-of-licinia-eudoxia-439
Accession numberBZC.1948.17.970
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Description: Coin of Athenais Eudocia, obverse and reverse
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleMetalist
Creation date423–450AD
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsGold
Dimensionsdiam. 20mm
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/byzantine-emperors-on-coins/fourth-fifth-centuries-emperors/solidus-of-eudocia-423-460
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Description: Coin of Pulcheria, obverse and reverse
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 14
Creator roleMetalist
Creation date420AD–422AD
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsGold
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
Coin of Pulcheria, obverse and reverse
Coin of Pulcheria, obverse and reverse
Description: Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 14
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date425AD–450AD
Object typeArchitecture
LocationRavenna, Italy
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
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Description: Coin of Galla Placidia, obverse and reverse
Coin of Galla Placidia, obverse and reverse
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 14
Creator roleMetalist
Creation date426AD–430AD
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsGold
Dimensionsdiam. 21 mm
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
https://www.doaks.org/resources/online-exhibits/byzantine-emperors-on-coins/fourth-fifth-centuries-emperors/solidus-of-galla-placidia-421-450
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Coin of Galla Placidia, obverse and...
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Description: Coin of Aelia Flaccilla, obverse and reverse
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Creator roleMetalist
Creation date379AD–383AD
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsGold
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Translation of Relics
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Aug 14
Creator roleArtist
Creation date400AD–500AD
Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyph
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions13 x 26 cm
LocationCathedral Treasury, Trier, Germany
https://www.dominformation.de/bauwerk/domschatz/reliquienprozession/
Translation of Relics
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Description: Coin of Pulcheria and Marcian, obverse and reverse
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Creator roleMetalist
Creation date450AD–457AD
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MaterialsGold
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Description: The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1100–1200
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions12 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 2 in. (32.7 x 9.2 x 5.2 cm)
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http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/
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Aug 14
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MaterialsMarble
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Peacock body
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Mar 29
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 300–500
Object typeSculpture
Materialsbronze
Dimensionsh: 25.5 cm; w: 14.4 cm; d. 10.3 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468202
Accession number47.100.40
Statuette of a City Tyche
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Description: Portrait Head in the Type of Flacilla, Constantinople?
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 380–390
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
Dimensionsh: 27.3 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468214
Accession number47.100.51
Portrait Head in the Type of Flacilla,...
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Mar 29
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 300–325
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
Dimensionsh: 27.5 cm
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https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/portrait-of-a-woman-151374
Accession number62.662
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Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 375–400
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
Dimensionsh: 27 cm
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https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/288215
Accession number1975.41.112
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Statuette of an Imperial Woman, northern Syria?
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Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 300–400
Object typeSculpture
Materialsbone
Dimensionsh: 19.7 cm
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https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/33213
Accession numbery1989-22
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1110–1118
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
Dimensionsdiameter 90 cm
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http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27169
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Creator roleSculptor
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Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 14
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date400–500AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsLimestone
Dimensionsdiam. 64.8 cm
LocationNelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/19015/saint-thecla-with-wild-beasts-and-angels
Accession number48-10
Saint Thekla with Wild Beasts and Angels
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 375–400
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
Dimensionsh: 27 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/288215
Accession number1975.41.112
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 30
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date136–138 AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
Dimensions295 cm
LocationMuseo dei Conservatori, Rome
http://www.museicapitolini.org/en/percorsi/percorsi_per_sale/museo_del_palazzo_dei_conservatori/scalone/rilievo_dall_arco_di_portogallo_apoteosi_di_sabina
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation date525AD–527AD
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
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Peacock niche with grapevines in...
Peacock niche with grapevines in spandrel
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Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian
Creator roleArchitect
Creation datec. AD 400–430
Object typeArchitecture
Materialslimestone
Dimensionsh: 32 cm, l: 143 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/71939
Accession number1975.41.47
Architectural Frieze with Portraits in...
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Description: Ambo of Archbishop Agnellus
Ambo of Archbishop Agnellus
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 556–569
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
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Ambo of Archbishop Agnellus
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Description: Madame Bonaparte drawing the Portrait of the First Consul
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Posted by:John Carlson
Dec 13
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1801–1804
Object typePrint
MaterialsHand-colored etching
LocationChâteau National de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, France
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. A.D. 350–400
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsSilver with gold details
Dimensionsh: 12 cm
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/seated-dancer-155698
Accession number69.72
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Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 724
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy
Sarcophagus of Archbishop Felix
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Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 500
Object typeSculpture
Materialsmarble
LocationArchaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Personifications of Nike (Victory) and...
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