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    "localId": "113549",
    "label": "Quatrilobed Plaque",
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}

{
    "id": "113549",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Quatrilobed Plaque",
    "description": "This rare four-lobed plaque is a superb example of <em>émail de plique</em>, a virtuoso enameling method popular in Paris during the late 1200s with the court of Philip the Fair (reigned 1285–1314). Plaques like this were prepared in advance to be attached to larger works including crosses, chalices, reliquaries, or even sewn into precious fabrics for decoration. Given the very distinctive shape of this plaque it is certain to have been created for a specific commission.",
    "date": "c. 1280–1300",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.537",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60757030"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metalwork"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.537/1932.537_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.537/1932.537_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.537/1932.537_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 4.8 x 4.8 cm (1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, Paris, Ile-de-France, Gothic period, early 14th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1932.537"
}

{
    "tec": "Gold, translucent enamel",
    "tombstone": "Quatrilobed Plaque, c. 1280–1300. France, Paris, Ile-de-France, Gothic period, early 14th century. Gold, translucent enamel; overall: 4.8 x 4.8 cm (1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1932.537",
    "collection": "MED - Gothic",
    "didYouKnow": "Julien was not the only artisan to produce <em>émaux de plique</em>; therefore, an exact attribution to an artist is problematic.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "H. F. “A Quatrefoil Medallion of Translucent Enamel.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 20, no. 3 (March 1933): 38–41.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 38-41",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137537"
        },
        {
            "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. 148",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n39"
        },
        {
            "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. 53",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n77"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France</em>. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 174; Reproduced: p. 175; cat. no.III-3",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n201"
        },
        {
            "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. 52",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n74"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Milliken, William Mathewson. “Gifts to the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 10 (December 1974): 371–383.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 371",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152561"
        },
        {
            "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. 58",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n78"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N., and Elina Gertsman. <em>Myth and Mystique: Cleveland's Gothic Table Fountain</em>. 2016.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 108-111"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mikolic, Amanda, \"A Gem of an Enamel\", <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>, 16 (2017).",
            "page_number": "p. 16",
            "url": "https://www.clevelandart.org/sites/default/files/May-June_2017_magazine_web.pdf"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mikolic, Amanda. \"A Gem of an Enamel: Take a look at a tiny 13th-century plaque from Paris.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 57, no. 3 (May/June 2017): 16.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 16",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2017-03/page/n7/mode/2up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Distefano, Giampaolo. <em>Esmaltis viridibus: lo smalto de plique tra XIII e XIV secolo.</em> Savigliano: L'Artistica Editrice, 2021.",
            "page_number": "cover, cat no. 6, pp. 158-159"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.537",
    "creditline": "The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:58:56.940000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.537/1932.537_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 113549,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Gothic",
    "med": "Gold, translucent enamel",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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