Plaque with Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Achapias (Obadiah)
c. 1170–1180
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Plaque with Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Achapias (Obadiah), c. 1170–1180. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm (3 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.574.c
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Enamel
- Formatted Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm (3 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1950.574.c
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, "Romanesque Art" November 6-December 4, 1960.<br>New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Year 1200" February 14-May 10, 1970, cat.no.183, pg.177-179<br>Dom-Museum Hildesheim, Germany; August 15-December 16, 2001. "Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim," exh. cat. no. 4.22c, p. 166.<br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, "When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story" December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982.<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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