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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine
c. 1170-1180
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Zacharias, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twilight skies.
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- Title: Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine
- Date Created: c. 1170-1180
- Physical Dimensions: Average: 9 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.)
- Provenance: Albin Chalandon, Lyon; Fréderic Spitzer, Paris; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).
- Type: Enamel
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.574
- Medium: gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- 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: 1950.574
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