Three Romanesque enamel plaques

Medieval

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1150

Three enamel plaques depicting (1) Alexander being drawn to Heaven in a chariot, (2) a man, possibly Samson, fighting a lion and (3) a man riding a camel.

• Medium: copper-gilt and enamel
• Dimensions: 10 x 10 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £75000 ( Total: £825,000; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1989
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

Lent by J.E.W.Rolls to Manchester Art Treasures exhibition in 1857; by descent, lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1924 by Lady Shelley-Rolls.

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