by Artist (29)
Open Access
Disk Brooch
Artist: Unknown Roman Artist Primary
Second half 2nd century CE
Dimensions:
1.69 x 1.69 x 0.44 in. (4.29 x 4.29 x 1.11 cm)
Object Type:
Jewelry
Creation Place:
Europe
Medium and Support:
Enamel on copper alloy
Credit Line:
Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.191.36)
Accession Number:
L2013.13.02
On View:
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
The fashionable use of brooches, or fibulae, to show status was brought to the Northern Roman provinces by the Roman elite. This brooch was made in the champlevé enamel technique. Frankish tribes then adopted the wearing of brooches, but used different goldsmith techniques and shapes.
Keywords
Click a term to view other artwork with the same keyword
jewelry
Ornaments such as bracelets, necklaces, and rings, of precious or semiprecious materials worn or carried on the person for adornment; also includes similar articles worn or carried for devotional or mourning purposes.
Ornaments such as bracelets, necklaces, and rings, of precious or semiprecious materials worn or carried on the person for adornment; also includes similar articles worn or carried for devotional or mourning purposes.
public domain
Land owned and controlled by the state or federal government. Also, the status of publications, products, and processes that are not protected under patent or copyright.
Land owned and controlled by the state or federal government. Also, the status of publications, products, and processes that are not protected under patent or copyright.
Portfolio List
This object is a member of the following portfolios:
Does this record contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve? Please contact the museum registrar at mpaqua@fairfield.edu.