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| Keywords: French - Reliquary Shrine with the Adoration of the Magi - Walters 44288 - Side B.jpg The front of the shrine shows the Three Magi on horseback and below they present their gifts seen here as elaborate containers that resemble small reliquaries to Mary and the Christ Child A standing saint is represented on each end while on the back the opening to the shrine is formed by the lower panel fitted with a lock This lock and key system kept the relics safely preserved from both over-eager pilgrims and ambitious thieves ca 1220 30 Medieval champlevé enamel on copper with gilding H 8 9/16 x W at top finials 8 1/16 x D 3 3/8 in 22 5 x 20 5 x 8 5 cm accession number 44 288 7155 Joanny Benôit Peytel 1844-1924 Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Brimo de Laroussilhe Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henri Daguerre Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore August 23 1927 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 Reliquaries and Ritual Medieval Objects of Devotion The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 The Book of Kings Art War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Academy of the Arts Easton Easton; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown 2002 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 The Year 1200 The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1970 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Champlevé of Europe Limoges champlevé Medieval reliquaries Art of France in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
