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Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew
c. 1160
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew
- Date Created: c. 1160
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Albin Chalandon, Lyons; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
- Type: Enamel
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.462
- Medium: gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Accession Number: 1952.462
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