Archon: Establishing Christianity

Historical Period

Byzantine Empire (330 – 1453)

Sculpture Completed        

2022

Sculpture Medium            

Mixed media including bronze and custom patinas

Sculpture Dimensions      

97 cm height x 58 cm diameter

38.0 inch height x 23.0 inch diameter

Model                                  

Capt. Christos Pedtrides

Petrides’ relationship       

Father from photos as sea captain, around age 40

Sculptural Precedent

Colossal head of Constatine the Great (313 – 324)

Precedent Work Held By

Capitoline Museums, Rome

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York