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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Benediction Cross

Benediction Cross

1200s-1400s
black schist, gold, silver
Overall: 9 x 9 cm (3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries 1952.458
Location: 105 Byzantine

Description

This cross is decorated with images of Christ Pantokrator (Ruler of the World) on the front and the Virgin Orans (Virgin Praying) on the back.
  • (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York).
  • Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Fine Art; April 25-June 22, 1947. "Early Christian and Byzantine Art," cat.no. 609.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.458