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Enamel Agnus Dei Pendant in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012

Enamel Agnus Dei Pendant in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2012
Reliquary Pendant


Date: 15th century

Culture: French

Medium: Basse taille enamel, niello, silver, silver-gilt

Dimensions: Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (8.3 x 7.9 x 1.4 cm)

Classification: Enamels-Basse taille

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number: 17.190.983


Description:

A man, probably the owner of this pendant, kneels and greets Jesus carrying his cross, appearing to him as if in a vision.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/464782

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