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Enamel Plaque from the Altar Frontal of Saint Martin at Orense (Spain)
The collection record classifies this work as enamel. It is dated 1174–1213 (probably before 1188). Recorded culture or place: France, Limoges.
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- Museum title
- Enamel Plaque from the Altar Frontal of Saint Martin at Orense (Spain)
- Date
- 1174–1213 (probably before 1188)
- Culture / origin
- France, Limoges
- Materials and technique
- copper: engraved, stippled, gilded; champlevé enamel
- Dimensions
- Average: 13.7 x 8.9 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1966.735
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This almond-shaped enamel plaque depicts the half-length figure of an angel inscribed in a medallion. A nearly identical plaque in the cathedral treasury of St. Martin at Orense in Galicia (Northern Spain) suggests that this plaque once formed part of a large altar frontal commissioned by Bishop Alfonso of Orense (reigned 1174–1213). Fifty-three enameled plaques of this important ensemble are still preserved at the Cathedral of Orense. Others, including this one, were possibly removed during the Napoleonic era.
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