Unknown. <em>Painted Medallion in Locket Frame, Recto: Angel, Verso: Saint Barbara with Attributes of a Castle Tower and Martyr's Palm Frond</em>, 18th-19th century. Oil on metal in silver frame, 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 0.6cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1022a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X1022a-b_recto_SL1.jpg)

Unknown. Painted Medallion in Locket Frame, Recto: Angel, Verso: Saint Barbara with Attributes of a Castle Tower and Martyr's Palm Frond, 18th-19th century. Oil on metal in silver frame, 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 0.6cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1022a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X1022a-b_recto_SL1.jpg)

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Painted Medallion in Locket Frame, Recto: Angel, Verso: Saint Barbara with Attributes of a Castle Tower and Martyr's Palm Frond

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Decorative Arts

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

ARTIST Unknown

MEDIUM Oil on metal in silver frame

Possible Place Made: Cajamarca, Peru

DATES 18th-19th century

DIMENSIONS 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 0.6cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts

ACCESSION NUMBER X1022a-b

CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Double-sided painted oval medallion, paint on tin (?), sandwiched between two pieces of glass, framed in silver. Glass held in place by teeth on frame. Hanging loop at top of frame. On one side is depicted an angel, red, yellow, and flesh tones on green background. Angel is depicted from waist up, with wings visible. In proper right hand, angel holds a scapular, and in proper left, a long rod or staff. On the chest figure wears an oval ornament. This may be St. Michael the Archangel. On the opposite face is a bust-length figure of St. Barbara, who holds a martyr's palm frond in the proper left hand, and in the proper right a round tower with battlements, and arched doorway, and square window.

EXHIBITIONS

Converging Cultures: Art & Identity in Spanish America

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION Unknown. Painted Medallion in Locket Frame, Recto: Angel, Verso: Saint Barbara with Attributes of a Castle Tower and Martyr's Palm Frond, 18th-19th century. Oil on metal in silver frame, 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 0.6cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1022a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X1022a-b_recto_SL1.jpg)

IMAGE recto, X1022a-b_recto_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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