Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
c. 1180
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, c. 1180. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 9.6 x 20.8 x 0.2 cm (3 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.430 Champleve enameling is a process in which the artist carves designs into copper plates, and then powdered glass is applied before firing in a furnace, causing the glass to fuse into enamel. In this case, the copper was then gilded and polished. This type of enameling is still done today, mostly for jewelry and decorative items.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Enamel
- Formatted Medium
- gilded copper, champlevé enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.6 x 20.8 x 0.2 cm (3 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: running inscription on the borders: ECCE EI MILES SUFAT LAURENTIUS IGNEST SCS LAURENTIUS.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1949.430
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Boston, Musuem of Fine Arts, "Arts of the Middle Ages 1000-1400" 1949, no. 255.<br>Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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