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Pendant with the Virgin and Child
The collection record classifies this work as enamel. It is dated c. 1160–1170. Recorded culture or place: Mosan, Meuse Valley, Romanesque period, 12th century.
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- Museum title
- Pendant with the Virgin and Child
- Date
- c. 1160–1170
- Culture / origin
- Mosan, Meuse Valley, Romanesque period, 12th century
- Materials and technique
- 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.)
- Artist / maker
- Godefroid de Huy (Netherlandish)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1926.428
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This pendant was made in the Rhine-Meuse region—now in modern Belgium—renowned for the production of fine metalwork objects, especially enamels. An enamel plaque depicting the enthroned Virgin and Christ child dominates the pendant. Four peripheral enamels depict angelic figures representing virtues: Humility, Virginity, Piety, and Mercy, each identified by an inscription. The pendant may have been made to serve as a reliquary to house a consecrated host. The refined craftsmanship and costly materials fittingly honor these sacred remains.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0
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