Four Enamel Plaques
Unknown
ca. 1300 · Cloisonné enamel, silver-gilt, jewels · Medieval Art
An artist of great skill produced these precious enamels for a wealthy patron. They may originally have been set like jewels in an altar or a reliquary or have been sewn to textiles such as altar cloths, bishops' mitres, girdles, or gloves.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1300
- Medium
- Cloisonné enamel, silver-gilt, jewels
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
