Pendant with the Virgin and Child
c. 1160–1170
Godefroid de Huy
Godefroid de Huy (Netherlandish)
Medieval Art
Pendant with the Virgin and Child, c. 1160–1170. Circle of Godefroid de Huy (Netherlandish). Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; the reverse decorated in vernis brun; overall: 19.8 x 17 x 3.2 cm (7 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.428 The outer lobes contain cabochons, gemstones that have been shaped and polished resulting in a rounded top and flat bottom, of garnet, glass, and quartz.
- Maker/Artist
- Godefroid de Huy
- Classification
- Enamel
- Formatted Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel; the reverse decorated in vernis brun
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19.8 x 17 x 3.2 cm (7 13/16 x 6 11/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: S[AN]C[T]A MARIA MATER D[OMI]NI Remark: Around the Virgin Mary in the central panel. Inscription: HVMILITAS; VIRGINITAS; MISERICORDIA; PIETAS Translation: Virtues: Humility, Chastity, Mercy, Piety Remark: With each angel from top to bottom and right to left, starting with the right shoulder of the Virgin.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1926.428
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, The Madonna in Art, Masterpieces of Art, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, <em>Exposition d'Objects d'Art du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance</em>, Palais de Sagan, Paris, France (May-June, 1913).<br><br><em>Arts of the Middle Ages</em>, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (February 17-March 24, 1940).<br><br><em>Enamel, an Historic Survey to the Present Day</em>, Cooper Union Museum, New York, NY (April 15-June 11, 1954).<br><br><em>Masterpieces of Art</em>, Smith College Museum of Art, Northhampton, MA, (November 13-23, 1960). <br><br><em>Survival of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Medieval Art</em>, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI (February 28 - March 29, 1987).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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