Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (c. 1180): Art, History and Details

Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence (c. 1180) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Champleve enameling is a process in which the artist carves designs into copper plates, and then powdered glass is applied before firing in a furnace, causing the glass to fuse into enamel. In this case, the copper was then gilded and polished. This type of enameling is still done today, mostly for jewelry and decorative items.

Object facts

• Title: Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
• Date: c. 1180
• Culture: Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century
• Type: Enamel
• Technique: gilded copper, champlevé enamel
• Dimensions: Overall: 9.6 x 20.8 x 0.2 cm (3 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
• Collection: MED - Romanesque
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1949.430

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Milliken, William M. “New Accessions of Champlevé Enamel.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 9 (November 1949): 167–170.
• Milliken, William. "Four Champlevé Enamel Panels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 38, no. 4 (April 1951): 72-74.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

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