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Plaque with Abraham and Isaac

Place of Originpossibly Germany
Dateabout 1160
Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 in. (7.9 × 6.4 × 0.3 cm)
MediumChamplevé enamel on gilded copper
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1950.288
Not on View
Published References

Molinier, E., "Description de l'Orfevrerie Religieuse," in La Collection Spitzer, I, Paris, 1890, no. 10.

Migeon, Gaston, "La Collection de M. G. Chalandon," Les Arts, no. 42, June 1905, p. 26, repr. p. 19, fig. 2.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "Medieval Art," Toledo Museum News, Spring 1964, New Series, vol. 7, no. 1, repr. p. 3 (also published as Medieval Art).

Morgan, Nigel, "The Iconography of Twelfth Century Mosan Enamels" in Rhein und Maas II, Cologne, 1973, p. 265.

Verdier, Philippe, "Emaux mosans et rheno-mosans dans les collections des etats-unis," Revue Belge d'Archeologie et d'Histoire de l'Art, 1977, p. 39, 40, repr.

George, Philippe, L'oeuvre De La Meuse: Orfèvrerie Mosane Xiie Et Xiiie Siècle, Namur, Institut du Patrimoine Wallon, 2014.

Exhibition History

Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1889, no. 581, p. 95.

Paris, Exposition d'Art Moyen-Age et de la Renaissance, 1913, no. 16.

Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Medieval Art, April-June 1963 (no catalogue).

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