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Pendant with the Virgin and Child

Pendant with the Virgin and Child

c. 1160–1170

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The outer lobes contain cabochons, gemstones that have been shaped and polished resulting in a rounded top and flat bottom, of garnet, glass, and quartz.

Description

This pendant was made in the Rhine-Meuse region—now in modern Belgium—renowned for the production of fine metalwork objects, especially enamels. An enamel plaque depicting the enthroned Virgin and Christ child dominates the pendant. Four peripheral enamels depict angelic figures representing virtues: Humility, Virginity, Piety, and Mercy, each identified by an inscription. The pendant may have been made to serve as a reliquary to house a consecrated host. The refined craftsmanship and costly materials fittingly honor these sacred remains.
  • Comtesse de Robiano, Brussels, Belgium
    ?-1890
    Charles Ducatel, Paris, France
    1890-?
    Albin Chalandon, Lyon, France, by inheritance to his son, Georges Chalandon
    Georges Chalandon, Paris, France
    ?-1926
    (Arnold Seligmann, Rey, & Co., New York, NY sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1926-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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