Chasse (Shrine) of Saint Thomas Becket

Description

On display - room 6

12th century - 13th century

High Middle Ages

Technical data

Inventory number	Cl. 23296
Width	14,1 cm
Height	15,9 cm
Place of production	Limoges
Medium	Goldsmithery
Method of acquisition	Acquired in 1987

From one artwork to another

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

Stained glasses from the Sainte-Chapelle

1243-1248

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

Apostles from the Sainte-Chapelle

1243-1248

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

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

13th century

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

Saint Germer altarpiece

13th century

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

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