id:			127106
accession number:	1949.430
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:12.577000

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

title:				Condemnation and Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
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creation date:			c. 1180
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1185
current location:		106C Medieval Treasury
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim?, Romanesque period, 12th century
technique:	gilded copper, champlevé enamel
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Romanesque
type:		Enamel
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 9.6 x 20.8 x 0.2 cm (3 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	running inscription on the borders: ECCE EI MILES SUFAT LAURENTIUS IGNEST SCS LAURENTIUS.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* 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"

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PROVENANCE

	Basilewsky, Paris; The Hermitage, Leningrad; The Brummer Gallery, Inc., New York; (R. Stora & Co., New York).
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fun fact:


digital description:
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.

wall description:
This plaque depicts the last events in the life of the 3rd-century Roman martyr Saint Lawrence. On the left, the Roman emperor Decius hands Lawrence his death warrant. On the right, Lawrence is bound to a gridiron as two torturers hold him down. An angel appears, ready to receive his soul into heaven.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 111
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n33

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 142-143, no. 48
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	Beuckers, Klaus Gereon. <em>St. Servatius zu Quedlinburg: Studien zum gotischen Retabel und zum Hochaltar der Stiftskirche.</em> Kiel: Verlag Ludwig, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 65, Abb. 3; Mentioned: p. 65, no. 18
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	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 172-175; Reproduced: p. 173
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	Kemper, Dorothee, and Clemens M. M. Bayer. Die Hildesheimer Emailarbeiten des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts: mit einer kommentierten Edition der Inschriften von Clemens M.M. Bayer. Hildesheim : Bernward Medien, 2020, 257-259
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced; pp. 257-259, Abb. 131
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