Portrait of a Lady

Unknown

5th–6th Century · Linen, polychrome wool · Medieval Art

This charming decorative panel features a bust of a woman on a yellow ground. The woman wears a checkered shirt, a jeweled diadem, stylized earrings, and a necklace. The size, technique, and square format of this fragment suggests that it was once part of a domestic furnishing, such a as cushion.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th–6th Century

Medium

Linen, polychrome wool

Culture

Late Roman/Early Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020