Campiello del Angaran
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Campiello del Angaran, Byzantine Spolie |
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 Italy
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi |
| Reference No .: | 394 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
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| Enrollment: | 1987 (session 11) |
The Campiello del Angaran (older spelling: Campiello de Cà Angaran ) is a small square, or courtyard, in Venice . It is located in the historic Dorsoduro district just south of the San Pantalon Church . The courtyard was named after Orazio Angaran detto Zen , who lived here in the early 18th century.
Description of the spoil
This inner courtyard is notable for its Byzantine marble spoil between two doors with a relief representation of an Eastern Roman emperor (round, diameter about 90 cm). The shape of the tondo has a practical reason. Slices were cut from a column with an unusually large diameter and the marble was put to a new use.
The Dumbarton Oaks Collection spoiler
In contrast to late antiquity, depictions of emperors from the Byzantine period are rare. The Dumbarton Oaks Collection owns an almost identical copy of this medallion . Together with other late antique and Byzantine objects, Prince Carl of Prussia acquired this spoil before 1860 in Veneto - the provenance of the piece is not precisely known. It was then used to decorate the so-called monastery courtyard of Glienicke Palace and entered the art trade in 1937.
The connection between the two depictions of the emperors is obvious, although it cannot be ruled out that only one of the portraits comes from Constantinople and the other was created by Venetian craftsmen based on the Byzantine model; but mostly both portraits of the emperors are interpreted as Spolia from Constantinople and consequently as a pair.
Description of the imperial figure
The emperor is shown frontally in half life size and crowned with a wide, gem-adorned circlet. The regal clothing consists of a divitesion ( tunic ) over which the loros is draped, a stole adorned with precious stones. As an upper garment, the ruler wears a sagion that is held on the shoulder by a fibula. In his hands he holds symbols of his imperial dignity: in his right the labarum , in the left a crossed globe. The background of the imperial figure is structured by a four-pass pattern radiating out from the center .
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The execution of the lordly crown and Loros insignia in particular makes it possible to date it to around 1100. It was therefore suggested that the emperor depicted here and its counterpart in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection be interpreted as a couple, namely Alexios I and John II , who ruled as father and son from 1092 to 1118.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angaran detto Zen (Campiello). In: Toponomastica Veneziana. Retrieved May 24, 2018 .
- ^ A b Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus. In: Byzantine Collection. Dumbarton Oaks, accessed May 24, 2018 .
Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 7.3 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 30.1 ″ E