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Exhibition History
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century," Nov. 1977 - Feb. 1978.
Athens, GA, Georgia Museum of Art, “Sacred Art, Secular Context: Objects of Art from the Byzantine Collection of Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., Accompanied by American Paintings from the Collection of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss,” May 15 – November 6, 2005.
Washington, DC. Dumbarton Oaks, 75 Years/75 Objects: Celebrating 75 Years of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum, September 8, 2015 - May 22, 2016.
Acquisition History
Formerly in the Levi Benzion Collection, Paris;
Purchased from the dealer R. Stora & Co., New York by Mildred Barnes and Robert Woods Bliss, April 16, 1952;
Gift of Mildred Barnes and Robert Woods Bliss on the occassion of the 44th Anniversary of their marriage to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, April 14, 1952;[1]
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC
Notes:
[1] The bill of sale with receipt of payment is dated April 16, 1952, but the wedding anniversary was on April 14, 1952. The object was bought by Mr. Stora to Dumbarton Oaks on March 22, 1952.
