Creator

Jacometto Veneziano

Creation-date

ca. 1485

Technique

Painting

Material

Oil on wood

Inventory number

Inv. 1975.01.86

Subject-1

Italian Renaissance painting

Object-Current-Location

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Digital resource author

GrECI Project

Digital-resource-rights holder

University of Oslo (for GrECI project)

Image-number

028a_Id_3

License

CC BY

Description

The example illustrates the use of single Greek words on art objects. Paired with that of a woman, the painting conveys a message of enduring affection. Its reverse shows a depiction of a roebuck tied to a golden disc inscribed with the Greek word ΑΙΕΙ (“Forever”).