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    "localId": "104693",
    "label": "The \"Spitzer Cross\"",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "104693",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "The \"Spitzer Cross\"",
    "description": "This fine enameled cross is named the \"Spitzer Cross\" after the Viennese art dealer and collector Baron Frédéric Spitzer, who owned it in the 19th century. It has justly been hailed as the finest Limoges enameled cross to survive. The work’s coloration exemplifies its refined craftsmanship. Rendered in white enamel, with fine lines defining the rib cage, abdomen, and muscles, Christ’s body contrasts strikingly with the vibrant green, blue, and yellow of his halo, loincloth, and the cross.",
    "date": "c. 1190",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1051",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60741289"
    ],
    "creators": [
        9481
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Enamel"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1051/1923.1051_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1051/1923.1051_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1051/1923.1051_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 67.4 x 41.9 x 0.2 cm (26 9/16 x 16 1/2 x 1/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, Limoges"
    ],
    "accession": "1923.1051"
}

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    "tec": "copper: gilded, engraved, stippled; champlevé enamel; wood backing (modern)",
    "tombstone": "The \"Spitzer Cross\", c. 1190. Master of the Royal Plantagenet Workshop (French). Copper: gilded, engraved, stippled; champlevé enamel; wood backing (modern); overall: 67.4 x 41.9 x 0.2 cm (26 9/16 x 16 1/2 x 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1923.1051",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "inscription on titulus:  IHS XPS"
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "W. M. M. “The Limoges Enamel Cross from the Spitzer Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 11, no. 2 (February 1924): 30–33, 36-37.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 30-33; Reproduced: p. 36-37",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136727"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 14",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n16"
        },
        {
            "citation": "W. M. M., T. S., R. H., and F. A. W. “In Memoriam: Jeptha Homer Wade.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 13, no. 4 (April 1926): 63–91.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 74",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136919"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 16",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n20"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Milliken. William. \"Objects from the Samuel Mather Collection.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>28, no. 3 (March 1941): 36-40.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 36",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140911"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Milliken, William. \"Silver Jubilee Exhibition.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>28, no.6 (June 1941): 88-108",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 90",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140932"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Milliken, William. \"Four Champlevé Enamel Panels.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>38, no. 4 (April 1951): 72-74.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 72",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141704"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 113",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n34"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 47",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n71"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p.108; mentioned: p.107",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n133"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 47",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n69"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 51",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n71"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 156-157, no. 53"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 263"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Phillips, Glenn, and J. Paul Getty Museum. Lumen : The Art and Science of Light, 800-1600. Edited by Kristen M. Collins and Nancy Turner. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 147, no. 92"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1051",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:38:51.831000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1051/1923.1051_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 104693,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
    "med": "copper: gilded, engraved, stippled; champlevé enamel; wood backing (modern)",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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