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Votive or Civic Badge with a Crowned Figure Kneeling before Christ

Votive or Civic Badge with a Crowned Figure Kneeling before Christ

c. 1300
gold repoussé medallion under glass inset within a bronze clasp
Overall: 3.4 x 2.4 cm (1 5/16 x 15/16 in.)
Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art in honor of Mrs. Norman S. Jeavons 1985.61
Location: 110A Italian Gothic

Description

This brooch was probably made to fasten a ceremonial cloak, and may have been intended as a diplomatic gift or memento. The central composition parallels the main face of the famous gold coin, a ducat, of the Venetian Doge Giovanni Dandolo minted in 1288-1289. Unlike the coin, the medallion is neither struck or diecast; it is tooled and chased, making it one of a kind.
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. Reproduced: p. 43; Mentioned: p. 63, no. 43 www.jstor.org
    Winter, Patrick M. de. “Recent Accessions of Italian Renaissance Decorative Arts, Part I: Incorporating Notes on the Sculptor Severo Da Ravenna.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 3 (March 1986): 74–138. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 78-79, fig. 12 www.jstor.org
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