id: 128831
accession number: 1951.449
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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
title: Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket
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creation date: 1220–25
creation date earliest: 1220
creation date latest: 1225
current location: 106C Medieval Treasury
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: France, Limousin, Limoges, Gothic period, 13th century
technique: copper: gilded and engraved; champlevé enamel
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Gothic
type: Enamel
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CREATORS
* Master G. Alpais (French) - artist
* Workshop - artist
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measurements: Overall: 16.9 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm (6 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Images of the Saints
opening date: 1965-03-05T05:00:00
Images of the Saints. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (organizer) (March 5-April 4, 1965).
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).
title: Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2007-05-10T00:00:00
Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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).
title: Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
opening date: 2010-10-17T00:00:00
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'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'}
* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '2011-02-13T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Tolllin
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M. G. Chalandon, Lyons, France
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(Adolph Loewi (1888-1977), Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1951-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Gauthier, Marie-Madeleine, Geneviève François, Elisabeth Antoine, and Danielle Gaborit-Chopin. Émaux méridionaux: catalogue international de l'œuvre de Limoges. 1987.
page number: 96-7, IE2 no. 7
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Migeon, Gaston "La Collection de M.G. Chalandon" Les Arts (June 1905).
page number: p.19, 28, no.3
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Milliken, William M. “A Champlevé Enamel Plaque.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 1 (1952).
page number: p. 7
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141757
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. 117
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n34
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. 46
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n70
Wixom, William D. Treasures from Medieval France. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 116-117
url: https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n143
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. 46
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n68
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. 51
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n71
Notin, Véronique. Valérie et Thomas Becket: de l'influence des princes Plantagenêt dans l'œuvre de Limoges. Limoges: Musée municipal de l'Evêché/Musée de l'émail, 1999.
page number: no. 1, p. 61
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 158-159, no. 54
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Eikelmann, Renate, Holger A. Klein, Stephen N. Fliegel, and Virginia Brilliant. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Meisterwerke von 300 bis 1550. München: Hirmer, 2007.
page number: p. 164, repr. p. 165, no. 58
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Bagnoli, Martina. Treasures of heaven: saints, relics, and devotion in medieval Europe. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 101, p. 188
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Gaborit-Chopin, Danielle, Frédéric Tixier, Jean Marie Guillouët, and Dany Sandron. L'œuvre de Limoges et sa diffusion: trésors, objets, collections. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2011.
page number: 96-7, IE2 no. 7
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Munns, John. Cross and Culture in Anglo-Norman England: Theology, Imagery, Devotion. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 126-127, pl. 12
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