MEDALLION WITH CHRIST IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Medallion is enameled on both sides, has on the front Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. He is dressed in a pink robe with a blue cloak and a yellow halo. Rocky landscape is in several shades of brown with some green. In clouds appears the chalice, illustratring the words, "Father take this cup from me." Set in a frame of brilliants, at top a crown surmounted by a cross and with branches of leaves and flowers below.
- Object name:
- MEDALLION WITH CHRIST IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
- Made from:
- Enamel -- silver -- brilliants
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 8.9 × 7.6 cm (3 1/2 × 3 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.5
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973