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Plaque: Thomas and Matthew
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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 descriptionCredit linePlaque: Thomas and Matthew, c. 1160. Mosan, Valley of the Meuse, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 5.8 x 6.1 cm (2 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.462.2
