Pendant Triptych: France, Paris (?) or Tours (?); Cameo: Italy, Pendant Triptych: c. 1460-1500; Cameo: c. 1250-1300 / Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity / c. 1460-1500

Pendant Triptych: France, Paris (?) or Tours (?); Cameo: Italy, Pendant Triptych: c. 1460-1500; Cameo: c. 1250-1300
Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity
c. 1460-1500
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Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Name-CRT: Pendant Triptych: France, Paris (?) or Tours (?); Cameo: Italy, Pendant Triptych: c. 1460-1500; Cameo: c. 1250-1300
Title: Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1455
Creation End Date: 1505
Creation Date: c. 1460-1500
Creation Start Date: 1245
Creation End Date: 1305
Creation Date: c. 1250-1300
Object Type: Costume and Jewelry
Classification Term: Enamel
Materials and Techniques: basse-taille enamel on gold; onyx cameo
Dimensions: Overall: 5.75cm x 2cm, Part 1: 4.5cm x 3.45cm
Inscriptions: on the outside shutters, the two Prophets hold scrolls with inscriptions on them.
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1947.508
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Kremlin Moscow; (Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).
Style or Period: Pendant Triptych: France, Paris (?) or Tours (?);
Context: Originally intended to be worn around the neck on a chain, the pendant is shaped as a miniature triptych with wings or shutters that could be opened and closed for private devotion. The outer surfaces of the shutters are decorated with two prophets. The remaining images include: The Presentation in the Temple, The Annunciation, Adoration of the Magi, The Circumcision, and The Education of the Virgin.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1947.508
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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