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Saint George, oval heliotrope cameo
Lost Art-ID
596426
Artist
Unknown (byzantinisch)
Title
Saint George, oval heliotrope cameo
Datierung
1001/1100
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
heliotrope / cut
Width
2.80 cm
Length
3.10 cm
Inventory number
Ahv 86
Description
Oval heliotrope, with the bust of Saint George in high relief and the inscription: ΑΓΙΟ Γε ωρ [ligated] ΓΙ ΟϹ (replica).
Provenance
Extant in the Kunstkammer since at least 1764; exhibited in the Ducal Museum until at least 1939; probable loss after 1945; present location: Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio (Dudley P. Allen Fund 1959.41).
Literature / Source
Inventar 1764, fol. 33r, Nr. 32; Inventar 1830, fol. 18v, Nr. 32; Inventar 1858, Bd. 1, Cap. III Gemmen, 6. Heliotrop, Nr. 206; Aldenhoven Geräth und Schmuck, III Gemmen, Nr. 86 / Lit.: Klein, Holger A.: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures. Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007, S. 78f., no. 21
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