Plaque from a Reliquary Shrine
Unknown Artist
c. 1180–1190
Medium
gilded copper; champlevé and cloisonné enamel
Dimensions
3.2 × 6.6 cm
Classification
Enamel
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1953.638
About this artwork
These decorative enamel plaques (1953.274, 1953.638, 1957.502, and 1961.27) have been linked to some of Cologne's most important reliquary shrines, namely the shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral and the shrines of Saints Maurinus and Albinus in the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Panteleon.