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Ornamental Plaque
Ornamental Plaque

Ornamental Plaque

Unidentified
about 1186
Object PlaceCologne, Germany
Medium/TechniqueChamplevé and cloisonné enamel and gilding on copper
Dimensions2.9 x 15.6 cm (1 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund
Accession number47.1444
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsEnamels
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1186, the Shrine of St. Albinus, Saint Pantaleon, Cologne (original commission); about 1901-1902, removed from the shrine by Paul Beumers, Düsseldorf. 1939, Mme. Trichard; December 12, 1939, sold by Trichard to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. P16056); 1947, sold by Brummer to the MFA for $1200. (Accession Date: November 13, 1947)

NOTES:
[1] See Hanns Swarzenski and Nancy Netzer, "Medieval Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Enamels and Glass" (Boston, 1980), p. 68, cat. no. 17. In a letter from Charles Little of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Nancy Netzer of the MFA (January 17, 1984), Beumers is said to have restored the shrine around 1901-1902 and removed this and other plaques from it at that time.
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