Plaque: Simon and Thaddaeus
1155–1165
- Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Enamel
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century
About
It is likely this pair of enamel plaques depicting the apostles Simon with Thaddeus and Thomas with Matthew once formed part of the decoration of a portable altar, a reliquary triptych, or some other kind of liturgical object.