Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew

Date
c. 1160
Medium
gilded copper, champlevé enamel
Culture
Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century
Department
Medieval Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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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