Browse Items (51 total)

This detail of a steatite icon carved in relief depicts a crucified Christ blessing Constantine and his mother Helena.

This detail of a steatite icon carved in relief depicts a crucified Christ blessing Constantine and his mother Helena.

This image depicts Constantine I as a donor who is presenting a small representation of Hagia Sophia to the Virgin (at her left, with Justinian at her right). The mosaic is located in the southwest vestibule of Hagia Sophia.

The colossal sculpture was originally in the Basilica Nova in Rome. Its marble remnants are now part of the Capitoline Museums in Rome.

The obverse of this gold coin depicts Constantine I with a laurel wreath. It was minted in Trier.

This marble portrait head in The Met's permanent collection is over 37 inches high.

This image shows a slave ship with guns being fired on captives

A speech from an abolition meeting in New York

A letter written about the former slave Fredrick Douglas

This picture depicts a slave uprising against his master