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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.198
People
George Holt, Canadian
Title
Alexios Commenos, Son of John II, after a mosaic
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1938
Culture
Canadian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230470

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Plaster
Dimensions
58.1 x 48.26 cm (22 7/8 x 19 in.)
frame: 63.18 x 53.02 x 5.4 cm (24 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Byzantine Institute, 1938, Sold to Fogg Art Museum. Holt made and painted these copies under the auspices of the Byzantine Institute, with funding and encouragement from the Fogg. At some point later, the Fogg bought them from the Institute.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Friends of Art, Archaeology and Music and Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Funds
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.198
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Copy of the XIth c. mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Cast in one piece from the original mosaic and then painted.

Publication History

  • MIT Alumnae Trip Overseas[Brochure], brochure (Cambridge, MA, January 1980), reproduced on cover

Exhibition History

  • Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 04/24/1947 - 07/01/1947

Verification Level

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