Tabernacle

Unknown

ca. 1200–1210 · Copper (plaques): engraved, scraped, stippled, and gilt; (appliqués): repoussé, chased, engraved, scraped, and gilt; champlevé enamel: blue-black, dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, dark and medium green, yellow, red, and white; wood core, painted red · Medieval Art

This tabernacle was found in Bethlehem Square, Prague, in the nineteenth century, on the site of the Romanesque church of Saints Philip and James.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1200–1210

Medium

Copper (plaques): engraved, scraped, stippled, and gilt; (appliqués): repoussé, chased, engraved, scraped, and gilt; champlevé enamel: blue-black, dark, medium, and light blue; turquoise, dark and medium green, yellow, red, and white; wood core, painted red

Culture

French

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941