Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket
1220–25
Master G. Alpais
Master G. Alpais (French)
Medieval Art
Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket, 1220–25. Master G. Alpais (French), and Workshop. Copper: gilded and engraved; champlevé enamel; overall: 16.9 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm (6 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.449
- Maker/Artist
- Master G. Alpais
- Classification
- Enamel
- Formatted Medium
- copper: gilded and engraved; champlevé enamel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 16.9 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm (6 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1951.449
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Images of the Saints, Treasures of Medieval France, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, 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"<br>CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," cat. no. 101.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106C Medieval Treasury
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