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Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
c. 1180
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
- Date Created: c. 1180
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 9.6 x 20.8 x 0.2 cm (3 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Basilewsky, Paris; The Hermitage, Leningrad; The Brummer Gallery, Inc., New York; (R. Stora & Co., New York).
- Type: Enamel
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.430
- Medium: gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Inscriptions: running inscription on the borders: ECCE EI MILES SUFAT LAURENTIUS IGNEST SCS LAURENTIUS.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Accession Number: 1949.430
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