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Medallion with Youth Leading Long-necked Animal

Date:
ca. 1240–60
Geography:
Made in Limoges, France
Culture:
French
Medium:
Copper: engraved and gilt; champlevé enamel: medium and light blue and white
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 9/16 x 1/16 in. (9 x 0.2 cm)
Classification:
Enamels-Champlevé
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:
17.190.2153
Not on view
Alexis Berg, Paris; Georges Hoentschel (French)(sold 1907); J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (until 1907–13); Estate of J. Pierpont Morgan(1913–17)
Paris. Musée du Louvre. "L'Oeuvre de Limoges," October 23, 1995–January 22, 1996.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Enamels of Limoges, 1100-1350," January 22, 1996–June 16, 1996.

Taburet-Delahaye, Elisabeth, and Barbara Drake Boehm, ed. L'Oeuvre de Limoges: Emaux limousins du Moyen Age. Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1995. no. 125, pp. 364-365.

Boehm, Barbara Drake, and Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye, ed. Enamels of Limoges, 1100-1350. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996. no. 124, pp. 364–65.

Timelines
France, 1000-1400 A.D.

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