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| Keywords: Byzantine - Unidentified Saint and Saint John Chrysostom - Walters 71291.jpg This rectangular plaque which may once have decorated the side of a box shows at the right St John Chrysostom d 407 archbishop of Constantinople and one of the great authorities of the Orthodox Church with his right hand raised in blessing The identity of the second saint remains uncertain although his clothes and especially his tunic clasped at the shoulder suggest that he was an early martyr century 10 Medieval ivory cm 8 16 5 1 accession number 71 291 37793 Léon Gruel Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license Byzantine ivory in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
