Baptism of Christ

ca. 1900

Russian

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Title Baptism of Christ

Artwork Date ca. 1900

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Russian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Russian

Medium Enamel on gold

Dimensions Overall: 5 1/8 × 4 × 1/16 inches (13 × 10.2 × 0.2 cm)

Classification Enamel

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of Robert H. Tannahill

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 39.674

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Provenance

Mikhail Botkin (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Robert H. Tannahill (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1939-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Weibel, A.C. "Byzantine Enamels," Bulletin of the DIA 9, no. 8 (May 1928): pp. 90-93, p. 91(ill. also cover ill.).

Siple, E. "Byzantine Enamels in Detroit, Worcester and Boston," Burlington Magazine 53 (October 1928): pp. 197-199.

Lesley, E.P. Jr. Enamel, An Historic Survey to the Present Day. Exh. cat., Cooper Union Museum. 1954, no. 18.

Life of Christ. Exh. cat., Wadsworth Atheneum. March 11-April 25, 1948 (no cat.).

Gnau, A. Diabolus in Musica. Detroit, 1955, p. 37 (ill.).

Religious Art. Exh. cat., Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright-Knox Gallery. December 13, 1964-January 10, 1965, no. 43.

Calkins, R. A Medieval Treasury. October 8-December 8, 1968, no. 16 (ill.).

Handbook. DIA, 1971.

Williamson, P. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection; Medieval Sculpture and Works of Art. London, 1987, p. 160.

Helfenstein, Eva, Katherine Eremin, Richard Newman, Glenn Gates, Terry Drayman-Weisser, Cathy Selvius DeRoo, Philip Klausmeyer & Ian Freestone. “Technical examination of enamels from the Botkin collection,” Studies in Conservation 57 (sup 1): pp. 147-156.

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