Frame with Winged Bull of Saint Luke on the back
mid-1300s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Frame with Winged Bull of Saint Luke on the back, mid-1300s. Germany, Aachen, Byzantine period, 14th century. Gilt silver; overall: 6.8 x 6.3 x 1.6 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.445.2
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- gilt silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.8 x 6.3 x 1.6 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed on the front of the frame: HANC IMAGINEM FECIT S. LUCAS EV. AD SIMILITUDINEM B. M. V.; inscribed on the back, directly below the winged bull: LUKAS.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1951.445.2
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557), Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378), CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011, British Museum June 23 - October 9, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe."<br>The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3/15/2004 - 7/4/2004): "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)"<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"<br>National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic (5/14/2016 - 9/25/2016) and the Germaniches Nationalmuseum, Nuremburg, Germany (10/20/2016 - 3/5/2017): "Emperor Charles IV (1316-1378)"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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