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Source Description
During the Middle Ages, copper mantle clasps with enameled decoration and gemstones were primarily made for church garments. This clasp is decorated with the Annunciation scene, showing the Virgin and Gabriel surrounded by six dragons. This piece surely belonged to an ecclesiastical vestment.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1831
label
Clasp with Annunciation Scene
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
1831
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Clasp with Annunciation Scene
description
During the Middle Ages, copper mantle clasps with enameled decoration and gemstones were primarily made for church garments. This clasp is decorated with the Annunciation scene, showing the Virgin and Gabriel surrounded by six dragons. This piece surely belonged to an ecclesiastical vestment.
provenance
Collection of Chalandon, Lyons [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henri Daguerre, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1325 (Gothic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
claps (fasteners)
jewelry
morses
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Northern European
style
Gothic
med
champlevé enamel on copper
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
MED
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
2227
2513
2289
2963
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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