King Clothar II and an Attendant

Unknown

ca. 1500–1525 · Oak, painted · Medieval Art

This elegant late Gothic relief of Clothar II (d. 629), Merovingian king of the Franks, is part of a scene from a dismantled retable, still in the church of Recloses, in which he receives two gold saddles from the reknowned goldsmith Saint EIoi, or Eligius.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1500–1525

Medium

Oak, painted

Culture

French

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941