Plaque: Thomas and Matthew (c. 1160): Art, History and Details
Plaque: Thomas and Matthew at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1160, gilded copper, champlevé enamel. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Plaque: Thomas and Matthew (c. 1160) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
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.
Object facts
- Title: Plaque: Thomas and Matthew
- Date: c. 1160
- Culture: Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Type: Enamel
- Technique: gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Dimensions: Overall: 5.8 x 6.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1952.462.2
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
View the collection record
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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