Byzantine_-_Saint_Arethas_-_Walters_4820862.jpg
Summary
Saint Arethas ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Saint Arethas
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Description |
English:
Saint Arethas was an Ethiopian soldier who was murdered in 523 because of his Christian faith. He is depicted here in Byzantine court dress, holding a cross as a sign of his martyrdom. The tile is one among three in the Walters Art Museum that have the same size and contain identical busts of male saints: the other two show Saint Basil (inv. 48.2086.17) and Saint Panteleimon (inv. 48.2086.4). This series probably formed a frieze on a church wall or altar screen.
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Date |
10
th
century
date QS:P571,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(
Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
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Medium | ceramic with glaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 17 × 16.8 × 0.9 cm (6.6 × 6.6 × 0.3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081
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Accession number |
48.2086.2
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Place of creation | Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | The Glory of Byzantium. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1997. Byzantium, 330-1453. Royal Academy of Arts, London. 2008. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1956 and partial gift of Mr. Robert E. Hecht, Jr., 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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