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Altar Front
Description
This carved marble panel resembles the front of an Early Byzantine sarcophagus, or coffin. While its decoration is typical of those produced in the Italian city of Ravenna during the 500s, its size is considerably smaller, indicating that the panel may instead have been made as an altar front. It is likely that the small window between the center columns with its opened curtains once allowed the faithful to contemplate a precious reliquary placed inside. The decorative repertoire of the panel includes both architectural forms--arches, pediments, and columns--and a number of symbols commonly found in Early Christian art including scallop shells, lambs, palms, and crosses that represent the concepts of life, the sacrifice of Christ, victory over death, and eternal life.
Date 540
Medium Marble
Dimensions Overall: 101 x 169.5 x 25.5 cm (39 3/4 x 66 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Medieval Art
Accession number
1948.25
Place of creation early Byzantium, Constantinople or Ravenna, Byzantine period, 6th century
Credit line John L. Severance Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.25

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