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accession number:	1950.574.c
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Plaque with Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Achapias (Obadiah), c. 1170–1180. Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Romanesque period, 12th century. Gilded copper, champlevé enamel; overall: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm (3 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.574.c

title:				Plaque with Seated Prophet from a Reliquary Shrine: Achapias (Obadiah)
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creation date:			c. 1170–1180
creation date earliest:		1170
creation date latest:		1180
current location:		106C Medieval Treasury
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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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measurements: Overall: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 cm (3 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim
	opening date:   2001-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim</i>. Dom-Museum Hildesheim, Germany (August 15-December 16, 2001).

	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

* {'description': 'University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, "Romanesque Art" November 6-December 4, 1960.', 'opening_date': '1960-11-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Year 1200" February 14-May 10, 1970, cat.no.183, pg.177-179', 'opening_date': '1970-02-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Dom-Museum Hildesheim, Germany; August 15-December 16, 2001.  "Reflection of Heaven--Romanesque in Hildesheim," exh. cat. no. 4.22c, p. 166.', 'opening_date': '2001-08-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, "When Angels Bent Near the Earth to Touch Their Harps of Gold: The Christmas Story" December 1, 1981-January 17, 1982.', 'opening_date': '1981-12-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Albin Chalandon, Lyon; Fréderick Spitzer, Paris; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York).
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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. 106
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n32

	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. 138-139, no. 46
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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, 252-253
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced; pp. 252-253, Abb. 128
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