Sujet
Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket, 1220-1225. Creator: Master G. Alpais (French); Workshop, and.
Légende
Plaque from a Chasse for Relics of Saint Thomas Becket, 1220-1225. On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. The immediate popularity of Becket?s cult is reflected in the large number of enamel reliquaries produced in late 12th- and early 13th-century Limoges workshops to house relics associated with the archbishop, who was canonized only three years after his death. This plaque, which pairs a scene depicting the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket with one of Christ?s Crucifixion, once formed the principal face of such a reliquary.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F99_239
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
45,2Mo (3,3Mo) / 42,9cm x 26,4cm / 5069 x 3116 (300dpi)