Medallion with Saint Peter

Unknown

ca. 1320–40 · Champlevé enamel, gilded copper · Medieval Art

This enamel medallion, the work of an unidentified goldsmith, was created about the same time as the leaf with the Assumption of the Virgin by the Sienese artist Niccolò di ser Sozzo (displayed nearby) and testifies to the sophistication of Sienese artists working in different media.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1320–40

Medium

Champlevé enamel, gilded copper

Culture

Italian

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917