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Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar

Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar

c. 1100–1125

Description

This delicate ivory plaque may once have decorated a side of a portable altar. It likely depicts the angel of the Lord appearing to the priest Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, at the altar in the temple. Like the identity of the object in Zacharias’s hands, the identity of the couple accompanying the priest remains unclear.
  • Count Pourtales, St. Petersburg; (Durlacher Brothers, New York).
  • The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
  • {{cite web|title=Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar|url=false|author=|year=c. 1100–1125|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.212