Detail View: The AMICA Library: Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1947.508
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Pendant Triptych: France, Paris (?) or Tours (?); Cameo: Italy, Pendant Triptych: c. 1460-1500; Cameo: c. 1250-1300
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Title:
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Pendant Triptych with an Onyx Cameo of the Nativity
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1460-1500
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Creation Start Date:
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1455
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Creation End Date:
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1505
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Creation Date:
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c. 1250-1300
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Creation Start Date:
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1245
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Creation End Date:
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1305
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Materials and Techniques:
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basse-taille enamel on gold; onyx cameo
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Classification Term:
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Enamel
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Classification Term:
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Enamel
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Style or Period:
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Pendant Triptych: France, Paris (?) or Tours (?);
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 5.75cm x 2cm, Part 1: 4.5cm x 3.45cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1947.508
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Inscriptions:
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on the outside shutters, the two Prophets hold scrolls with inscriptions on them.
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Kremlin Moscow; (Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).
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Context:
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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.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1947.508.tif
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