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Anonymous ( Byzantine Empire ) Unknown author
Title
Saint Arethas
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.
Date 10 th century
date QS:P571,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
( Middle Ages
era QS:P2348,Q12554
)
Medium ceramic with glaze
Dimensions 17 × 16.8 × 0.9 cm (6.6 × 6.6 × 0.3 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.2086.2
Place of creation Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Object history
  • Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase
  • Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase
  • Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase
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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