- Period
- Romanesque
- Date
- c. 1100–1125
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1926.212
Plaque from a Portable Altar: Zacharias at the Altar
Unknown maker, c. 1100–1125
Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of John L. Severance in memory of J. H. Wade · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1100–1125
- Medium
- ivory
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.6 x 7.7 cm (3 3/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
- Period
- Romanesque
The record
Why it matters
This delicate ivory plaque may once have decorated a side of a portable altar. It likely depicts the angel of the Lord appearing to the priest Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, at the altar in the temple. Like the identity of the object in Zacharias’s hands, the identity of the couple accompanying the priest remains unclear.