Saint George and the Dragon with Scenes Alyona Knyazeva 2011 Russian Egg tempera on wood Museum of Russian Icons R2011.102 The emperor...

Pendant with the Mother of God Madonna and Child Flanked by Four Saints Attributed to Naddo Ceccarelli ca. 1339-1347 Tempera and gold...

Selected Saints with Relics 19th century Russia Egg tempera on wood with metal oklad R2011.89 Selected Saints with Relics, 1800s Russia...

How to Read an Icon Icons may look simple at first, but they rely on a sophisticated set of symbols to express complex religious ideas....

Iconoclasm and Depictions of God You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or...

Exhibition: Saints and Dragons: Icons from Byzantium to Russia

Arm reliquary c. 1350-1400 France Silver, parcel gilt, ruby, saphires, garnet, spinel, beryl, quartzes, pearls, rock crystal 2016.37 A...

Bracelet Blue Shell 18-karat gold, platinum, diamonds, fancy colored diamonds, sapphires 2015.198 Flower and Leaves Ca. 1958 18-karat...

Christ Pantocrator Russian 1899-1908 Oil on panel, silver, enamel, pearls 47.20.3 Christ Blessing the Universe Flanked by St. Nicholas...

ANCIENT GOLD Gold is Zeus’s child, nothing erodes or consumes it. It conquers the mind of man and is the most powerful of...

Goblet Egyptian (New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-20) ca. 1550-1080 BC Core-formed glass, 59.29.1 This goblet and jug are the earliest examples...

Broad Collar Egyptian ca. 2030 - 1640 B.C. Faience 2017.447 Statuette of a Woman Egyptian 664 – 525 BC Fine-grained diabase (dolerite)...

All photos by Brenna Reistad Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals

My photos of some of the jewelry from the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals