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Source Description
These plaques were probably originally placed at the end of the arms of a processional cross. They are decorated in an enameling technique called basse-taille in which colorful translucent enamel pastes are fused over an engraved and chased silver plaque.
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Document identity
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104156
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Quatrilobed Plaque (pair): The Annunciation and The Descent from the Cross
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104156
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object
title
Quatrilobed Plaque (pair): The Annunciation and The Descent from the Cross
description
These plaques were probably originally placed at the end of the arms of a processional cross. They are decorated in an enameling technique called basse-taille in which colorful translucent enamel pastes are fused over an engraved and chased silver plaque.
date
c. 1350–1400
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60759014
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Enamel
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 8.3 x 8.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
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Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century
accession
1922.312
Source extras
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translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver
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Quatrilobed Plaque (pair): The Annunciation and The Descent from the Cross, c. 1350–1400. Spain, Catalonia?, 14th century. Translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver; overall: 8.3 x 8.3 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1922.312
collection
MED - Gothic
citations
citation
“Gothic Art 1360-1440.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 7 (September 1963): 174–215.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 205, no. 36; Reproduced: p. 174-175
citation
Richter, Rainer. "Between Original and Imitation: Four Technical Studies in Basse-Taille Enameling and Re-Enameling of the Historicism Period." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 7 (1994): 222-51.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 224, 235-37; Mentioned: p. 222-51
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:37:16.089000
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104156
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Medieval Art
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MED - Gothic
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translucent enamel (basse-taille) on silver
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