Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine

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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine

Date
c. 1170–80
Medium
gilded copper, champlevé enamel
Culture
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
127944

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Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Obadiah, 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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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
Albin Chalandon, Lyon; Fréderic Spitzer, Paris; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).

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