The twelve surviving plaques in this series are divided among London, Paris, and New York. The group may have originally decorated a large cross base or a pulpit.
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Title:Plaque with the Baptism of Jesus
Date:ca. 1150–75
Geography:Made in Meuse valley, Netherlands
Culture:South Netherlandish
Medium:Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, gilt
Dimensions:Overall: 4 x 4 x 1/8 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 0.3 cm)
Classification:Enamels-Champlevé
Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:17.190.430
Inscription: (Enameled, in arch above the head of Jesus): HIC EST FILIVS MEVS DILEC / T9 [dilect[us]] (This is my beloved son [Matthew 17:5, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22])
(To the left and right of arch): VOX / PATRIS (Voice of the father)
(Along the left side): IOHANNES BAPTISTA (John [the] Baptist)
(To the left and right of the head of Jesus): IH[SV] / S (Jesus)
[ Frédéric Spitzer (Austrian)(d. 1890), Paris (sold 1893)]; his posthumous sale, Chevallier & Mannheim, Paris (April 17–June 16, 1893, no. 222); Monsieur Léguillon, Paris (sold 1895); his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris (December 9, 1895, no. 5, to Bourgeois); Weinberg(from 1893); [ Bourgeois Frères, Paris (from 1895)]; [ Jacques Seligmann, Paris and New York (sold 1906, to Morgan)]; J. Pierpont Morgan (American), London and New York (from 1906–until 1917)
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La Collection Spitzer: Antiquité, Moyen-Age, Renaissance. Vol. I. Mâcon: Imprimerie Protat Frères, 1890–1891. Orfèvrerie religieuse 5, p. 86.
Spitzer, Frédéric, ed. La Collection Spitzer: Antiquité -- Moyen-Age -- Renaissance. Vol. 1. Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890–1893. Orfèvrerie religieuse 5, pp. 97–98.
Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité: antiques, du moyen-âge & de la renaissance: composant l'importante et précieuse Collection Spitzer. Vol. 1. Paris: Chevallier and Mannheim, April 17–June 16, 1893. no. 216, p. 38, pl. VIII.
Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité du Moyen Age ... composant la collection de M. Léguillon. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, December 9, 1895. no. 5, p. 5, ill.
Mitchell, H. P. "Some Enamels of the School of Godefroid de Claire, VII." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 36, no. 204 (March 1920). pp. 133–34, pl. XV.
Breck, Joseph, and Meyric R. Rogers. The Pierpont Morgan Wing: A Handbook. 1st ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925. p. 32, 58, fig. 34, ill. p. 59.
Breck, Joseph, and Meyric R. Rogers. The Pierpont Morgan Wing: A Handbook. 2nd ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. p. 32, 58, fig. 34, ill. p. 59.
Forsyth, William H. "Mediaeval Enamels in a New Installation." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 4, no. 9 (May 1946). p. 233, ill. p. 234.
Landais, Hubert. "Essai de groupement de quelques émaux autour de Godefroid de Huy." In L'Art Mosan: Journées d'Études, Paris, février 1952, edited by Pierre Francastel. Paris: Armand Colin et Cie., 1953. pp. 44–45, pl. XXIII, no. 2.
Rorimer, James J., and William Holmes Forsyth. "The Medieval Galleries." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 12, no. 6 (February 1954). p. 141.
Verdier, Philippe. "Un monument inédit de l'art mosan du XIIe siècle: La crucifixion symbolique de Walters Art Gallery." Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art 30 (1961). pp. 123, 134–35, fig. 13.
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Forsyth, William Holmes. "Around Godefroid de Claire." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 24, no. 10 (June 1966). pp. 304, 308, fig. 1, 10.
Lasko, Peter. "The Pentecost Panel and Godefroid de Claire." The Connoisseur Year Book, 1966 (1966). pp. 47–48, fig. 5.
Hoving, Thomas. "Director's Choice." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, n.s., 28, no. 5 (January 1970). pp. 26–27.
Verdier, Philippe. "What Do We Know of the Great Cross of Suger in Saint-Denis." Gesta 9, no. 2 (1970). p. 14.
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A Medieval Miscellany: Romanesque and Early Gothic Metalwork. Santa Barbara: Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1974. p. 14.
Verdier, Philippe. "Emaux mosans et rheno-mosans dans les collections des États-Unis." Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art 44 (1975). pp. 55–60, ill. p. 54.
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Voelkle, William. The Stavelot Triptych: Mosan Art and the Legend of the True Cross. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1980. no. 8, pp. 9, 28, fig. 18.
Swarzenski, Hanns, and Nancy Netzer. Enamels & Glass: Catalogue of Medieval Objects. Catalogue of Medieval Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1986. p. 47.
Durand, Jannic, ed. Byzance: L'Art Byzantin dans les Collections Publiques Françaises. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1992. p. 328.
Stratford, Neil. Catalogue of Medieval Enamels in the British Museum: Volume 2, Northern Romanesque Enamel. London: British Museum Press, 1993. pp. 27, 30, 57, 59–67, pl. 13 (as no. 3d).
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