Pair of Plaques (Appliqué)
1300s
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Pair of Plaques (Appliqué), 1300s. Spain (Hispano-Moresque), 14th century. Translucent enamel on gold; overall: 2 x 3 cm (13/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.425 Enamel can be made opaque or translucent; when translucent, it resembles stained glass, allowing light to pass through.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Enamel
- Formatted Medium
- translucent enamel on gold
- Medium
- translucent, enamel, gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2 x 3 cm (13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1946.425
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- <em>Exhibition of Medieval Art from the 12th to 15th Centuries</em>, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH (December 1948-January 1949)., <em>Exhibition of Enamels,</em> University of Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, PA (March 13-April 8, 1950)., <em>Enamel, An Historic Survey to the Present Day,</em> Cooper Union Museum, New York, NY ( April 15 - June 11, 1954)., <em>Spanish Romanesque Art in Honor of Walter W.S. Cook, </em>The Cloisters, New York, NY (December 15, 1954 - January 30, 1955)., <em>Enamels, </em>Museum of Contemporary Crafts of American Craftsman's Council, New York, NY (September 18-November 29, 1959).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 110B Late Gothic
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