Clasp (Morse) with Virgin Mary and Saints Peter and Paul

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Clasp (Morse) with Virgin Mary and Saints Peter and Paul

Place of OriginFrance

Datemid-14th century

Dimensions1 1/8 × 7/8 × 1/8 in. (2.9 × 2.2 × 0.3 cm)

Mediumchampleve enamel on copper, with silver inlay and gilded copper appliqués

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1950.248B

Not on View

DescriptionApplied figures of Virgin Mary and Child, SS. Peter and Paul, Donor, and censing angel.

Label TextPublished References

de Hefner-Alteneck, J. H., Le Musée d'Objets d'Art de Son Altesse Royale Le Prince Charles Antoine de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Munich, 1867, repr. in color, pl. 55.

Borenius, T., "Enamels from the Sigmaringen Collection," The International Studio, XCI, December 1928, no. 379, p. 33.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "Medieval Art," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 1964, p. 14, repr. (also published as Medieval Art).

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "What is Conservation," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 8, no. 3, Autumn 1965, pp. 51-67, repr. p. 59 (also published as handbook).

The Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, repr.

"Medieval Art at Toledo: A Selection," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, December 1967, p. 441, repr. fig. 10.

The Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, repr.

Guip, David, "Sacred Relics, Ritual Objects: Instructional Resources from The Toledo Museum of Art," Art Education, vol. 46, no. 6, Nov. 1993, p. 33, repr. p. 34 (col.).

Putney, Richard H., Medieval Art, Medieval People: The Cloister Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 2002, p. 48, repr. (col.) fig. 40.

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 241, repr. (col.).

Exhibition History

Frankfurt am Main, Staedel Museum, 1928, no. 309.