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Medallion with the Annunciation

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Description: Medallion with the Annunciation
TitleMedallion with the Annunciation
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator roleMetalist
Creation datec. AD 550–600
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsGold
DimensionsUnknown
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
https:/­/­id.smb.museum/­object/­679389/­
Accession number30219, 506
SubjectsMedallions (Decorative arts)Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--AnnunciationWomen art patronsGold jewelry, Byzantine
StatusProbably made in Constantinople; found in Egypt
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5. Women and Artistic Patronage: Anicia Juliana
Carolyn L. Connor
Description: Women of Byzantium
Women of Byzantium
~ Just as ancient texts provide constant challenges of determining authorship and interpretation, so buildings and other works of art in Byzantium present an analogous problem: that of determining their sponsorship or patronage. It is particularly problematic to...
Author
Carolyn L. Connor
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2004 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.94-116
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00178.010
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Chapter subject tags:Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500Women art patronsVotive offeringsByzantine Empire--Civilization--527-1081Arts, Byzantine
3. Early Christian Art: The Eastern Provinces of the Empire and the Foundation of Constantinople
John Beckwith
Description: Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Early Christian and Byzantine Art
The early Christians had no holy city nor did the cult for the Holy Places develop for some considerable time. After the revolt of the Zealots the Emperor Titus ordered the complete destruction of Jerusalem, the holy city of the Jews, in the year 70. Whatever survived remained as an appendix to the new garrison town which was laid out like a Roman camp and renamed Aelia Capitolina. The Christian community, which had moved to Pella at the beginning of the siege, returned to the new town to …
Author
John Beckwith
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright©1970, 1979 by John Beckwith
Related print edition pages: pp.56-77
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00042.004
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Chapter subject tags:Art, Early ChristianChristian art and symbolismChristianity and culture--HistoryChristianity and politics--HistoryRome--History--Constantine I, the Great, 306-337Jerusalem--HistoryChurch history

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Description: Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation
Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation datec. 1084
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsTempera, gold leaf, and ink on vellum
Dimensions6 3/8 x 4 in. (16.2 x 10.3 cm)
LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27038
Accession numberBZ.1962.35; MS. 3, fol. 80v
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Psalter and New Testament: The Annunciation
Description: Book of Hours: The Annunciation
Book of Hours: The Annunciation
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator roleIlluminator
Creation date1470–1500
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationWalker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Accession numberMs. Mayer 12023, p. 26
Book of Hours: The Annunciation
Book of Hours: The Annunciation
Description: The Annunciation
The Annunciation
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation datec. AD 770–900
Object typeTextile
MaterialsSilk compound twill
LocationMuseo Sacro Cristiano, Vatican City
The Annunciation
The Annunciation
Description: The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)
The Virgin and Child (Theotokos Hodegetria)
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
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)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93178/virgin-and-child-theotokos-hodegetria-statuette-unknown/
Accession number702-1884
The Virgin and Child (Theotokos...
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Description: Reconstruction of the Prado Altarpiece
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 12
Creator nameGreco, El
Creator name (description)After Pita Andrade and Almagro Gorbea
Creator nationality/cultureGreek
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1597–1600
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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Description: Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara
Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1495–1505
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut, hand-colored
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (7.9 x 7.9 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/13697001
Accession number1856,0209.83
Virgin and Child in Glory with St....
Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara
Description: Cross with Annunciation, Christ, Stylite Saint, and Inscription
Cross with Annunciation, Christ, Stylite Saint, and Inscription
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 29
Creator nationality/cultureByzantine
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. AD 500–700
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsBronze
Dimensionsh: 18.4 cm, w: 15.1 cm
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
http://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/30344
Accession numberBZ.1969.75
Cross with Annunciation, Christ, Stylite...
Votive Cross, Syria-Palestine
Description: Medallion with the Miracle at Cana
Medallion with the Miracle at Cana
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator nationality/cultureEarly Byzantine
Creator roleMetalist
Creation datec. AD 550–600
Object typeCoin/Medal
MaterialsGold
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
https://id.smb.museum/object/679390/
Accession number30219, 506 a
Medallion with the Miracle at Cana
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Description: Pattern Book: St. Luke and the Annunciation
Pattern Book: St. Luke and the Annunciation
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 10
Creator nameDaliwe, Jacques
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator roleIlluminator
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Accession numberMs. A.74, fol. iv b
Pattern Book: St. Luke and the...
Pattern Book: St. Luke and the Annunciation
Description: Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1470–1480
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions9 1/4 x 7 in. (23.6 x 17.7 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29369001
Accession number1863,0110.277
Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Nativity: The Virgin Adoring the Child
Description: Annunciation from Ghent Altarpiece, outside panels
Annunciation from Ghent Altarpiece, outside panels
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameEyck, Hubert van;Eyck, Jan van
Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish; Netherlandish
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1432
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
LocationSaint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
Annunciation from Ghent Altarpiece,...
Annunciation, outer panels of the Ghent Altarpiece
Description: The Virgin and Child Enthroned
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleMosaicist
Creation dateAD 705–707
Object typeMosaic
LocationS. Maria in Cosmedin, Rome
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
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Description: Octagonal Marriage Ring with Holy Site Scenes
Octagonal Marriage Ring with Holy Site Scenes
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 14
Creator roleJeweler
Creation date600AD–700AD
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsGold with niello
Dimensions0.9 x 1.3 x 1.3 in. (2.3 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm)
LocationDumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C.
http://museum.doaks.org/objects-1/info/27024
Accession numberBZ.1947.15
Octagonal Marriage Ring with Holy Site...
Octagonal Marriage Ring with Holy Site Scenes
Description: Diptych with the Virgin and Child enthroned between Angels and Christ enthroned...
Diptych with the Virgin and Child enthroned between Angels and Christ enthroned between St Peter and St Paul
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. AD 530–570
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsIvory
Dimensions11 3/8 x 10 x 1/4 in. (28.9 x 25.5 x 0.6 cm), total
LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin
https://id.smb.museum/object/1795934
Accession number564/565
Diptych with the Virgin and Child...
Diptych with the Virgin and Child enthroned between Angels and Christ enthroned between St Peter and St Paul
Description: Annunciation
Annunciation
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 07
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1360
Object typePainting
LocationSantissima Annunziata, Florence
Annunciation
Annunciation
Description: The Panagia Chalkoprateia
The Panagia Chalkoprateia
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 27
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1235
Object typePainting
LocationCathedral of St Mary and St Korbinian, Freising, Germany
The Panagia Chalkoprateia
The Panagia Chalkoprateia

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