Title: Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child and Christ Pantokrator
Object type: Pendant brooch
Date: late 1000s–1100s (cameo); 1100s–1300s (mount)
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Chalcedony cameo; gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and a sardonyx intaglio
Dimensions: Overall: 2 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 5/8 in. (7.2 x 5.5 x 1.6 cm)
Chalcedony: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 cm)
Classification: Lapidary Work-Chalcedony
Credit line: Purchase, Acquisitions Fund, Christopher C. Grisanti and Suzanne P. Fawbush, Austin B. Chinn, and Katharine R. Brown Gifts, Gifts of Marx Freres, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Mrs. Frank D. Millett, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 2007
Department: Medieval Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Angels, term: Christ, term: Madonna and Child