# Throne of Maximianus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [EARLY CHRISTIAN SCULPTOR, Byzantine]() - Date: 0501-0550 - Technique: Ivory, 150 x 60 cm ## Commentary The Throne of Maximianus was made for Archbishop Maximianus of Ravenna \(499-556\), a protegé of Justinian I. It was carved in the Byzantine Empire \(in Alexandria or Constantinople\) and shipped to Ravenna. The style of the throne is a mixture of Early Christian and Byzantine art. It is made of carved ivory panels, with frames of winding vines and grapevines, on a wooden frame. The ivory carvings are done in relief. On the front of the throne are the Four Evangelists around John the Baptist, who is holding a medallion with the Lamb of God and Maximianus's name above him. The back of the throne contains 24 panels depicting the Life of Christ and apocryphal scenes from the Life of the Virgin. The sides include ten panels from the Story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis. ## Related artworks - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(east side\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(east side\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(north side\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(north side\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(south\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(south side\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(west side\)]() - [Base of the obelisk of Thutmose III \(west side\)]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()