- Period
- Romanesque
- Date
- c. 1160
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object no.
- 1952.462.1
Plaque: Simon and Thaddaeus
Unknown maker, c. 1160
Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · Public domain
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Date
- c. 1160
- Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Period
- Romanesque
The record
Why it matters
It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.