Plaque of a cross

Eagle of Saint John

Description

On display - room 6

Circa 1185-1195

High Middle Ages

Technical data

Inventory number

Cl. 23884

Width

8,7 cm

Height

9,6 cm

Medium

Goldsmithery

Method of acquisition

Acquired in 2011

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

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

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

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Illuminated manuscript leaf: Nativity surrounded by figures and animals, framed by vegetal borders. Front view.

Illuminated manuscript: Nativity with Saint Cecilia, Cl. 23876 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Illuminated manuscript: Nativity with Saint Cecilia

15th century

Gilded, chased, and repousse metal altar frontal depicting five haloed figures under arcades. Front view

Altar frontal from Basel cathedral, Cl. 2350 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Altar frontal from Basel cathedral

11th century

Gilded and enameled metal cross decorated with an enthroned Christ in Majesty, surrounded by the Virgin and Saint John. Front view.

Processional cross from the abbey of Bonneval, Cl. 22888 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Processional cross

13th century

Adam and Eve, ornamental plaque for a piece of furniture and casket plates, Cl. 8681 and Cl. 8682 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Adam and Eve

9th century - 10th century

Metal object shaped like an elongated container with a spout and handle. Front photograph.

Dollhouse toys, ewer, Cl. 17772 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Dollhouse toys (lead)

14th century

Metal knife with a handle engraved with the coat of arms and motto of Philip the Good. Front photograph.

Knife with the insignia of Philip the Good, Cl. 22193 © GrandPalaisRmn / René-Gabriel Ojeda

Knife with the insignia of Philip the Good

15th century

The Symmachi diptych panel, Cl. 17048 © GrandPalaisRmn / Thierry Ollivier

The Symmachi diptych panel

5th century

White fabric with blue stripes and blue-and-white patterns of unicorns facing each other. Front view.

"Perugia" tablecloth fragment, Cl. 23888 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

"Perugia" tablecloth fragment

15th century

Polychrome wooden sculpture depicting Christ on the cross. Front view.

Crucified Christ, Cl. 2149 © GrandPalaisRmn / René-Gabriel Ojeda

Crucified Christ

12th century - 13th century

Circular, twisted gold jewelry.

Open torque, Cl. 8071 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Open torques with twisted body and buffer terminals

2nd century BCE

Lead object: boat with an inscription on the sail carrying a Virgin and Child. Front view.

Pilgrimage badge, Notre-Dame, Cl. 4697 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Pilgrimage badges

13th century - 14th century - 15th century

Tapestry: crowned figure surrounded by women, carried off by angels, surmounted by a half-length figure of a man with angels. Front view.

The Honor tapestries, The Death of Honor, Cl. 14336 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

The Honor Tapestries

Early 16th century

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

Openwork metal medallion depicting a serpent between figures. Front view.

Openwork medallion, Moses and the bronze serpent, Cl. 23968 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Openwork medallion

13th century

Stone sculpture: an angel blowing a horn near figures emerging from their tombs. Front view.

Resurrection of the Dead from Notre-Dame de Paris, Cl. 18643 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Resurrection of the Dead

13th century

Ivory statuette: Ariadne crowned by two angels, with a satyr and a maenad hidden in the folds of her robe. Front view.

Ariadne, Cl. 455 © GrandPalaisRmn / Thierry Ollivier

Ariadne and lion heads

5th century - 6th century

Sculpted stone element depicting a man offering a rose to a woman. Front view.

Fireplace from a house in Le Mans, Cl. 19093 (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Franck Raux

Fireplace from a house in Le Mans

15th century

Embroidered fabric depicting a recumbent figure on the ground, surrounded by three women. Front view.

Alms pouch, wild man, Cl. 13533 © GrandPalaisRmn / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Alms pouch

Circa 1340-1350

Golden pendant adorned with vegetal motifs; at the center, an enamel scene depicts a woman holding a candle. Front view.

Reliquary tableau: Saint Genevieve, Cl. 23314 © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Reliquary tableau: Saint Genevieve

14th century

Embroidery depicting the Virgin and Child. Her face is turned downward, toward the Child. Front view on a neutral background.

Appliqued figure: Virgin and Child, Cl. 23929 © GrandPalaisRmn / Mathieu Rabeau

Appliqued figure: Virgin and Child

Circa 1450