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Source Description
These plaques probably came from the St. Anno Shrine (1183) in Cologne. The engraved heads were modeled on antique sources such as Roman gems and cameos fitted into large church-shaped shrines in this period. Plaques of this type were used to conceal the joints in the metalwork.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1256
label
Plaque from a Shrine
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1256
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Plaque from a Shrine
description
These plaques probably came from the St. Anno Shrine (1183) in Cologne. The engraved heads were modeled on antique sources such as Roman gems and cameos fitted into large church-shaped shrines in this period. Plaques of this type were used to conceal the joints in the metalwork.
provenance
Paul Beumer, Berlin; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by purchase; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, April 20, 1949, no. 697; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
1180-1185 (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4
height
3.9
depth
0.4
dimensionsRaw
1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1/8 in. (4 x 3.9 x 0.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Rhenish
style
Romanesque
med
champlevé enamel on gilded copper
creator_ids
5094
collection_ids
MED
exhibition_ids
306
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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1a862e7cca7d452c