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| Keywords: Byzantine - Pectoral Cross with the Virgin and Child, Saints Peter, John, and George - Walters 542367.jpg This bronze enkolpion pectoral cross depicts the standing Virgin and Child flanked by busts of the apostles Peter and John An accompanying inscription identifies the Virgin as the Panagia All-Holy One The other side has in its center a medallion with a bust of Saint George Since the cross can be opened it may have been used to hold relics century 11 Medieval bronze cm 12 6 1 1 1 accession number 54 2367 7523 Leon Grinberg A la Vieille Russie New York by purchase Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Asia Minor Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine crucifixes Byzantine cross pendants Madonna and Child Crosses in jewellery | ||||
