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Sep 15, 2009

Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Esais (Isaiah)

c. 1170–1180

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Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century

Gilded copper, champlevé enamel

Overall: 9 x 5.7 x 0.3 cm (3 9/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.574.a

Location

106C Medieval Treasury

Description

Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Zacharias, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twilight skies.

Provenance

Albin Chalandon, Lyon; Fréderic Spitzer, Paris; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York).

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 106 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 138-139, no. 46

Kemper, Dorothee, and Clemens M. M. Bayer. Die Hildesheimer Emailarbeiten des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts: mit einer kommentierten Edition der Inschriften von Clemens M.M. Bayer. Hildesheim : Bernward Medien, 2020, 254-255 Reproduced and mentioned; pp. 254-255, Abb, 129

Exhibition history

University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, "Romanesque Art" November 6-December 4, 1960.

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Year 1200" February 14-May 10, 1970, cat.no.183, pg.177-179

Dom-Museum Hildesheim, Germany; August 15-December 16, 2001. "Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim," exh. cat. no. 4.22c, p. 166.

Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, "When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story" December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982.

Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim. Dom-Museum Hildesheim, Germany (August 15-December 16, 2001).

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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Plaque: Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Esais (Isaiah)

Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century

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