About the Artwork
Votive Cross
between 4th and 6th century
----------
----------
Roman
Byzantine
Copper alloy
Overall: 10 15/16 × 10 3/8 × 1/8 inches (27.8 × 26.4 × 0.3 cm)
Metalwork
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Founders Society Purchase
26.49
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
------
Provenance
(P. Jackson Higgs, New York, New York, USA)
1926-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
A.C.E. "Byzantine Crosses." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 7, no. 8 (May 1926): 95–96, p. 95 (ill.).
Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1947, p. 70, no. 294.
Sandin, Karl. "Liturgy, Pilgramage, and Devotion in Byzantine Objects." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 67, no. 4 (1993): pp. 46-56 (ill.).
Kindly share your feedback or any additional information, as this record is still a work in progress and may need further refinement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
Byzantine, Roman, Votive Cross, between 4th and 6th century, copper alloy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, 26.49.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback