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Enamel Plaque from the Altar Frontal of Saint Martin at Orense (Spain)
1174–1213 (probably before 1188)
Average: 13.7 x 8.9 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Gift of Kelvin Smith 1966.735
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
Description
This almond-shaped enamel plaque depicts the half-length figure of an angel inscribed in a medallion. A nearly identical plaque in the cathedral treasury of St. Martin at Orense in Galicia (Northern Spain) suggests that this plaque once formed part of a large altar frontal commissioned by Bishop Alfonso of Orense (reigned 1174-1213). Fifty-three enameled plaques of this important ensemble are still preserved at the Cathedral of Orense. Others, including this one, were possiblu removed during the Napoleonic era.- -1966Kelvin Smith (1899-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art1966-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 10 (1967). pp. 305, 342, #42 www.jstor.orgGaborit-Chopin, Danielle, Frédéric Tixier, Jean Marie Guillouët, and Dany Sandron. L'œuvre de Limoges et sa diffusion: trésors, objets, collections. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2011. IIB no. 2, p. 136
- Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).CMA: "Year in Review", November 29-December 31, 1967: Bulletin, LIV (December 1967) p. 342, listed no. 42, repr. p. 305
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