Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine (c. 1170): Art, History and Details
Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1170, gilded copper; champlevé and cloisonné enamel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine (c. 1170) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
These decorative enamel plaques (1953.274, 1953.638, 1957.502, and 1961.27) have been linked to some of Cologne's most important reliquary shrines, namely the shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral and the shrines of Saints Maurinus and Albinus in the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Panteleon.
Object facts
- Title: Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine
- Date: c. 1170
- Culture: Germany, Rhine Valley, Cologne, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Type: Enamel
- Technique: gilded copper; champlevé and cloisonné enamel
- Dimensions: Overall: 2.7 x 6.1 cm (1 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1957.502
Collection credit
Gift of Rosamond Zverina
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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