About the Artwork
Plaque from a reliquary chasse
late 13th century
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French
French
Copper, champlevé enameled and gilt
Overall: 1 15/16 × 6 1/2 × 1/16 inches (4.9 × 16.5 × 0.2 cm)
Enamel
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Robert H. Tannahill
49.438
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
By 1928, (A. Silbermann, New York, New York, USA)
Edsel B. Ford [1893-1943] (Detroit, Michigan, USA). Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, USA)
1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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French Gothic Art. Detroit Institute of Art, 1928, cat. no. 86.
Barnet, Peter. "Medieval Limoges Enamels in the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 63, nos. 3/4 (1988): pp. 16-25, (fig. 13).
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French, Plaque from a reliquary chasse, late 13th century, copper, champlevé enameled and gilt. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 49.438.
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