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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British Museum
Relief plaque icon, depicting the Crucifixion with full-length figures of the Virgin on the left ...
Saint Luke, Byzantine Manuscript, cutting from a Greek Bible. Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–...
British Museum
Lamp, Made in: Luxor, Egypt. Period: Early Byzantine circa: 6th-7th century. Subjects: Cross, bir...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint John the Evangelist Dictating, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1225. Pla...
Reliquary Cross with the Crucifixion, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Agony in the Garden, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1299 A.D. Place: Nica...
The State Hermitage Museum
Icon, St John the Baptist. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: Early 14th century. Place: Byzantium, A...
British Museum
Lamp for a Stand, Period: Early Byzantine. Material: Bronze. Found: Egypt. In the shape of a pea...
Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
British Museum
Relief icon; rectangular bronze plaque cast in low relief with full-length Hodegetria flanked by ...
British Museum
Hanging lamp; Period: Early Byzantine; (5thC-6thC). Found: Tell el-Yahudiya (Africa,Egypt,Lower E...
British Museum
Counterpoise weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th c. Material: Bronze. British Museum is c...
British Museum
Bronze Signet Ring, Period: Early Byzantine, high circular bezel rudely engraved in intaglio wit...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross with Pearls, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200–1400. Materials: Gold and pearls. On view ...
Rooster Lamp, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century. Purchased from Fouad Alouf (dealer...
The State Hermitage Museum
Icon of St George, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Material: soapstone. Dimensions: ...
British Museum
Icon with St John the Baptist, Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on a wood panel surface...
Veil Embroidered with Gold Thread. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: end of the 13th or beginning of...
Byzantine Pectoral Cross (front and back), Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–1400 A.D. , Benaki ...
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...