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Period
Romanesque
Date
ca. 1185
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.
464200

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine

Unknown maker, ca. 1185

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain

The record

Maker
Unknown maker
Date
ca. 1185
Medium
Champlevé enamel on gilded copper
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. (7.8 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm)
Period
Romanesque

Why it matters

Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine, dated ca. 1185, 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: 3 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/8 in. (7.8 x 2.9 x 0.3 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.