COLLECTION NAME:
Campus Art Collection
Record
Filename:
met-03.jpg
Identifier:
met-03
Title:
Archangel GABRIEL -- FULL VIEW, original in the apse of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Alternate Title:
1 of 5 replicas (& 1 original) mosaics on extended loan from the Metropolitan Mus, NYC
Creator:
Ravenna Mosaics Company (of Missouri, USA) produced this replica ?????
Creator Nation:
Byzantium (original)
Primary Subject:
figures
Photo Resolution:
1956 x 2904 pixels
Creation Date:
original 867 AD, cast probably c.1943 (based on the Met’s accession #)
Primary Creation Decade:
860-869
Secondary Creation Decade:
1940-1949
Primary Creation Century:
9th Century
Secondary Creation Century:
20th Century
Medium (General):
mosaics
Medium (Specific):
painted and gilded plaster cast from mold of newly uncovered mosaic
Dimensions:
73 x 48 in
Donor:
METROPOLITAN museum of art -- (on extended loan from) the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; their access #43.48.2
