The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew
c. 1160
Overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.462
Location: 106C Medieval Treasury
Description
It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.- Albin Chalandon, Lyons; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
- George, Philippe. L'Oeuvre de la Meuse: Orfèvrerie mosane XIIe et XIIIe siècle. [Namur]: Institut du Patrimoine Wallonie: Trésor de Liège : Archéoforum, 2014. Reproduced & mentioned: pp. 90-93, pl. 11George, Philippe. Art et Patrimoine en Wallonie des Origines à 1789: Essai de Synthèse à la Lumière des Collections Américaines et Européennes. Namur: Institut du Patrimoine Wallon, 2017. Reproduce: p. 148, figs. 204 & 205
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.462