Arkivism
Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew
CC0 · no rights reserved

Plaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew

c. 1160 · gilded copper, champlevé enamel

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit linePlaque Pair: Simon and Thaddaeus and Thomas and Matthew, c. 1160. Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 6.1 x 6.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.462
Open in Explore View at source

Similar works

Plaque: Simon and ThaddaeusPlaque: Simon and Thaddaeus Plaque: Thomas and MatthewPlaque: Thomas and Matthew Plaque with Saints James and John the EvangelistPlaque with Saints James and John the Evangelist Icon of the New Testament TrinityIcon of the New Testament Trinity Plaque with Saints James, Matthew, and ThomasPlaque with Saints James, Matthew, and Thomas Triptych with Man of Sorrows (central panel), Virgin Mary (inner left wing), John the Evangelist (inner right wing), a Dominican kneeling before his abbot Iacopo Salomoni, and Christ in a mandorla (outer left wing)Triptych with Man of Sorrows (central panel), Virgin Mary (inner left wing), John the Evangelist (inner right wing), a Dominican kneeling before his abbot Iacopo Salomoni, and Christ in a mandorla (outer left wing)