Candle holder

Battle scenes

Description

On display - room 6

Circa 1180 - 1190

High Middle Ages

Technical data

Inventory number

Cl. 23875

Width

12,5 cm

Height

22,5 cm

Medium

Goldsmithery

Method of acquisition

Acquired in 2010

From one artwork to another

Round stained glass window with a red border and blue background. In the foreground, a man is mounted on a lion.

Stained glass from the Sainte-Chapelle, Samson and the Lion, Cl. 23723 © GrandPalaisRmn / Franck Raux

Stained glasses from the Sainte-Chapelle

1243-1248

Stone sculpture of a standing apostle with a melancholic face. Front view on a neutral background.

The “melancholic” Apostle from the Sainte-Chapelle, Cl. 18665 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Apostles from the Sainte-Chapelle

1243-1248

Polychrome wood sculpture depicting the Virgin with her hand raised. Front view on a neutral background.

The Virgin at Calvary, Cl. 2368 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Virgin and Saint John from a Descent from the Cross

First half of the 13th century

Sculpted and fragmented head depicting a man with curly beard wearing a hat. Front-facing stone sculpture.

Head of the king of Judah No. 6, Notre-Dame de Paris, Cl. 22988 © GrandPalaisRmn / René-Gabriel Ojeda

Heads of the kings of Judah

First half of the 13th century

Stone capital decorated with flat-leaf parsley motifs. Front photograph.

Capital with trefoil leaves, Cl. 19559 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Four capitals (trefoil leaves, holly leaves, vine leaves, ivy leaves)

13th century

Carved stone altarpiece with traces of polychromy: Crucifixion framed by multiple figures. Front view.

Saint Germer altarpiece, Cl. 18749 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Saint Germer altarpiece

13th century

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Stone capital decorated with flat-leaf parsley motifs. Front photograph.

Capital with trefoil leaves, Cl. 19559 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Four capitals (trefoil leaves, holly leaves, vine leaves, ivy leaves)

13th century

Printed book page adorned with a historical scene framed by text. Front view.

Ship of Fools, Cl. 23921 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Ship of Fools

15th century

Embroidered alms purse featuring a galloping griffin ridden by an upside-down woman. At the top, there is a seated angel. Front view.

Alms pouch embroidered with a griffin, Cl. 11788 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Alms pouch embroidered with a griffin

14th century

Tapestry depicting a man holding a sword beside a horseman followed by other riders. Front view.

The departure of the prodigal son, Cl. 1495 (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Christian Jean, Gérard Blot

The departure of the prodigal son

16th century

Pavement tile: leaping deer, Cl. 23972 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Pavement tile: leaping deer

13th - 14th centuries

Round ivory plaque carved with a couple and a hooded, bearded figure. Frontal view.

Mirror case cover: Tristan and Isolde meeting Ogrin the Hermit, Cl. 383 © GrandPalaisRmn / Thierry Ollivier

Mirror case cover

14th century

Carved ivory plaque: nimbed man standing, left hand on his chest, head turned to the left, framed by vegetal motifs. Front view.

Bookbinding plate, Apostle, Cl. 393 © GrandPalaisRmn / Thierry Ollivier

Bookbinding plate: Apostle

9th century

Polychrome sculpture depicting three busts of men. Frontal photograph on a neutral background.

Three apostles in bust form, Cl. 23935 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Three apostles in bust form

15th - 16th centuries

Embroidered panel: in the center, a bust of a woman holding a sword in front of a toothed wheel. Front view.

Adornment for a dalmatic, facing, Cl. 23944 a © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Three adornments for a dalmatic

Late 15th century