Book Cover Plaque with Christ in Majesty

Medium

Copper (plaque): engraved, scraped, stippled, and gilt; (appliqués): repoussé, engraved, chased, and gilt; champlevé enamel: blue-black, dark, medium, and light blue; green, yellow, red, brownish red, and white, blue-black glass inset eyes.

Dimensions

Overall: 10 3/4 x 5 9/16 x 11/16 in. (27.3 x 14.2 x 1.7 cm)

Classification

Enamels-Champlevé

Culture

French

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.757

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