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Four Enamel Plaques

ca. 1300
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 307
An artist of great skill produced these precious enamels for a wealthy patron. They may originally have been set like jewels in an altar or a reliquary or have been sewn to textiles such as altar cloths, bishops' mitres, girdles, or gloves.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Four Enamel Plaques
  • Date: ca. 1300
  • Geography: Made in Paris, France
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Cloisonné enamel, copper, gilded silver, and precious stones
  • Dimensions: Overall (a): 1 1/4 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (3.1 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm)
    Overall (b): 1 3/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (3 x 2.6 x 0.7 cm)
    Overall (c): 1 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in. (3.5 x 3 x 0.7 cm)
    Overall (d): 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/4 in. (3.4 x 3 x 0.7 cm)
    a-diameter of central enamel : 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
    b-diameter of central enamel : 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
    c-diameter of central enamel : 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
    d-diameter of central enamel : 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
  • Classification: Enamels-Émail de plique
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.595a-d
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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