Doge Enrico Dandolo died in 1205 and was buried in Hagia Sophia. During the 19th century restoration, the Italian team placed this marker near the probable location of his burial. The original tomb was destroyed by the Ottomans after the conquest of…
After a fire in at the Doge’s Palace in Venice in 1577, some of the new decorations included paintings that celebrated important events in Venetian history. This oil sketch was for a large painting showing the Byzantine emperor Alexios IV Angelos…
Shows the emperor on horseback, wearing armor and holding a sword and shield, inscription reads: Henric(us) D(e)i gratia inp(er)ator Ro(man)ie (Henry, by the Grace of God, emperor of the Roman realm)
Shows the emperor seated on a backless throne, wearing the loros and a crown and holding a labarum and a globus cruciger, the inscription encircling him reads: Balduinus Dei gratia imp(er)at[or] Ro[maniae] se[mp(er) au]gu(stus)? (Baldwin, by the…
Shows the emperor on horseback, wearing armor and holding a scepter, the inscription reads: Βαλδουῖνος [δεσπότης πορφυρογέννητος Φλάν]τρας? (Baldwin of Flanders, despotes and Porphyrogennetos)
This plate was found in Siberia. The central scene shows the Ascension of Alexander the Great, surrounded by decorative imagery and motifs. This story was popular in Byzantine and Romanesque art, as well as in Islamic Art in Asia Minor.
Although technically an incense burner, this container was used from at least 1283 to hold the relic of the Holy Blood, which had been sent to Venice from Constantinople. Although the later addition of the crosses to the domes give the reliquary the…