id: 125587
accession number: 1947.508
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Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity, c. 1460–1500; cameo: c. 1250–1300. Pendant: France, Paris or Tours; Cameo: Italy, 13th-15th century. Basse-taille enamel on gold; onyx cameo; overall: 5.8 x 2 cm (2 5/16 x 13/16 in.); part 1: 4.5 x 3.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.508
title: Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity
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creation date: c. 1460–1500; cameo: c. 1250–1300
creation date earliest: 1250
creation date latest: 1500
current location: 110B Late Gothic
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Pendant: France, Paris or Tours; Cameo: Italy, 13th-15th century
technique: basse-taille enamel on gold; onyx cameo
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Enamel
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measurements: Overall: 5.8 x 2 cm (2 5/16 x 13/16 in.); Part 1: 4.5 x 3.5 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
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inscription: on the outside shutters, the two Prophets hold scrolls with inscriptions on them.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Gothic Art 1360-1440
opening date: 1963-08-06T04:00:00
Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
title: Treasures of Medieval France
opening date: 1966-11-16T05:00:00
Treasures of Medieval France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Kremlin Moscow
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(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: -1947
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1947-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Milliken, William M. "Exhibition of Gold." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 34, no. 9 (1947).
page number: p. 22
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141408
Evans, Joan. A History of Jewellery, 1100-1870. London: Faber and Faber, 1953.
page number: p.79, pl. 33a
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 178
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n43
Milliken, William M. "Early Byzantine Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (1958).
page number: p. 56
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142265
"Gothic Art 1360-1440." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 7 (1963).
page number: p. 177, fig. 34
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151960
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 75
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n99
Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page number: p. 322 Cat No. VII 15
url: https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n349/
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 75
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n99
Brown University. Transformations of the Court Style: Gothic Art in Europe, 1270 to 1330 : an Exhibition by the Department of Art, Brown University at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, February 2 Through February 27, 1977. [Providence, R.I.]: The Department, 1977.
page number: p. 80, Cat. No. 27
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 84
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n104
Wypyski, Mark T. "Preliminary Compositional Study of 14th and 15th C. European Enamels" TECHNE 6 (1997).
page number: p. 49, Fig. 4
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Carlier, Marie-Amélie. Art du Moyen Âge en Europe. Paris : Brimo de Laroussilhe, 2022.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 128
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Bianchi, Pamela. Displaying Art in the Early Modern Period: Exhibiting Practices and Exhibition Spaces. New York : Routledge, 2023.
page number: Reproduced: p. 119, fig. 7.2
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