Disk Brooch with Cameo

Unknown

ca. 600 (mount); 100–300 (cameo) · Sheet gold, onyx, glass, and wire · Medieval Art

The Langobards often embellished their own jewelry with gems carved centuries earlier by Roman or Etruscan craftsmen. These gems, valued for their antiquity, linked their Langobardic wearers to the illustrious peoples who preceded them on the Italian peninsula.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 600 (mount); 100–300 (cameo)

Medium

Sheet gold, onyx, glass, and wire

Culture

Langobardic (mount); Roman (cameo)

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Purchase, 1895