MAKE A MEME View Large Image French - Cross Fragment with St John - Walters 44646.jpg This plaque came from the arm of a cross It was originally attached to a wooden cross form; when the wood decomposed the individual pieces became separated or lost It shows St John ...
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Keywords: French - Cross Fragment with St John - Walters 44646.jpg This plaque came from the arm of a cross It was originally attached to a wooden cross form; when the wood decomposed the individual pieces became separated or lost It shows St John and the arm of an angel coming out of clouds The angel's hand holds the suspension chains for a censer The matching censer appears on a central cross panel depicting Christ Crucified now in Paris Musée National du Moyen Age The cross was made by the Master of the Royal Plantagenet for Mathons a priory of the Abbey of Grandmont and displays the extraordinary workmanship of Limoges artists in the late 12th century late Other date century 12 Medieval champlevé enamel on copper with gilding cm 8 7 7 7 0 3 accession number 44 646 29424 Henri Daguerre Paris Arthur Sachs New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Jacques Seligmann and Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1964 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1964 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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