- Period
- Romanesque
- Date
- ca. 1186
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 464403
Pair of Colonnettes from a Reliquary Shrine
Unknown maker, ca. 1186
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- ca. 1186
- Medium
- Champlevé enamel on gilded copper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7 1/2 x 2 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (19 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm) Overall (with mount): 8 x 2 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (20.3 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm) capital: 1 5/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 1/2 in. (3.4 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm) column: 5 1/2 x 9/16 in. (14 x 1.5 cm) base: 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (1.6 x 4.3 x 4.4 cm)
- Period
- Romanesque
The record
Why it matters
Pair of Colonnettes from a Reliquary Shrine, dated ca. 1186, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Champlevé enamel on gilded copper. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are Overall: 7 1/2 x 2 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (19 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm) Overall (with mount): 8 x 2 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (20.3 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm) capital: 1 5/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 1/2 in. (3.4 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm) column: 5 1/2 x 9/16 in. (14 x 1.5 cm) base: 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (1.6 x 4.3 x 4.4 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.