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Capital with bust of the Archangel Michael

Capital with bust of the Archangel Michael





Artist : Anonymous


Date : approx. between 1250 and 1300

Material : Marble
Acquisition : Purchases and Gifts (1983)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 36 on 80
Objet(s) d'Art
Sculpture

Vitrine : V03

Area related
Constantinople (Turkey)

Description   

Possibly from the monastery of the Virgin Peribleptos. Archangels were often portrayed, as here, in the ceremonial dress of the Byzantine emperor.
Capital with bust of the Archangel Michael
Anonyme
Archange Michel