The Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor. It is generally dated from the first half of the 6th century and is attributed to an imperial workshop in Constantinople, while the emperor is usually identified as Justinian, or possibly Anastasius I or Zeno. It is a notable historical document because it is linked to queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. On the back there is a list of names of Frankish kings, all relatives of Brunhilda, indicating her important position. Brunhilda ordered the list to be inscribed and offered it to the church as a votive image.
Although it is not a consular diptych, it shares many features of their decorative schemes. The emperor is accompanied in the main panel by a conquered barbarian in trousers at left, a crouching allegorical figure, probably representing territory conquered or reconquered, who holds his foot in thanks or submission, and an angel or victory, crowning the emperor with the traditional palm of victory (which is now lost). Although the barbarian is partly hidden by the emperor's huge spear, this does not pierce him, and he seems more astonished and over-awed than combative. Above, Christ, with a fashionable curled hair-style, is flanked by two more angels in the style of pagan victory figures; he reigns above, while the emperor represents him below on earth. In the bottom panel barbarians from West (left, in trousers) and East (right, with ivory tusks, a tiger and a small elephant) bring tribute, which includes wild animals. The figure in the left panel, representing a soldier, carries a statuette of Victory; his counterpart on the right is lost.
The Barberiniivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor...
piece of carved Byzantine ivory that survives, at 42.9 × 14.3 cm (16 7/8 × 5 5/8 in). It is, along with the Barberiniivory, one of two important surviving...
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According to some pictorial evidence of the early Middle Ages, such as the BarberiniIvory, Roman officers wore single spaulders with pteruges attached to protect...
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Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
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Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Apollo of Piombino Apollo Sauroctonos Ares Borghese Athena of Velletri Barberiniivory Borghese Collection Borghese Gladiator Borghese Vase Borghese Venus...
Metropolitan Museum. Another reduced-scale copy, this time produced in ivory by François Duquesnoy, was purchased in Rome by John Evelyn in the 1640s...
that they could be closed and the artworks protected. In Late Antiquity, ivory notebook diptychs with covers carved in low relief on the outer faces were...
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Important ivory sculptures of this period include the Barberiniivory, which probably depicts Justinian himself, and the Archangel ivory in the British...
book of poems by Ferdowsi in Persian, and a Syrian metalwork named the Barberini Vase. In September 2019, a new and improved Islamic art department was...
which Quedlinburg Itala fragment (420–430) is the oldest survivor. Carved ivory diptychs were used for secular subjects, as in the imperial and consular...
these diptychs obeys a stereotypical scheme, as illustrated by the Barberiniivory, which is the best example of the posited type - an imperial diptych's...
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