Small icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials: bronze. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
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Seal, John Tarchaneiotes, Period: Late Byzantine, 13 th. century. (second half). St. John the Ba...
British Museum
Relief icon; Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 14-15th c. carved white steatite in the shape of half...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross with Pearls, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200–1400. Materials: Gold and pearls. On view ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Altar Cloth or Podea. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: late 14th century. Made in: probably Greece ...
The Met Fifth Avenue
Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook. This Byzantine steelyard weight d...
Reliquary Cross with the Crucifixion, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century...
Lamp and Stand, Period: Early Byzantine, circa 400s. 34.8 x 13.5 cm (13 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.) Mater...
Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
Double-sided circular jewellery attachment. Christ Pantokrator is depicted on one side and the Vi...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
British Museum
Gold Signet Ring, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Diameter: 28 mil...
Gospels of Luke and John, Period:Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century A.D. The ...
Head of a Female Saint, Fresco transferred to panel, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 12th-14th cent...
British Museum
Lamp, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th-7th c. Materials: Bronze. Found: Edfu, great church (Up...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Agony in the Garden, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1299 A.D. Place: Nica...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint John the Evangelist Dictating, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1225. Pla...
Griffin’s Head Lamp, Period: Early Byzantine, circa 4th-5th century. Purchased from George ...
British Museum
Brooch, in the form of a dove. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6thc-7thc. Material: Bronze . Brit...
Pendant Cross, support for a candelabrum or incense-holder. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8th ...
Saint Luke, Byzantine Manuscript, cutting from a Greek Bible. Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–...