© V&A Picture Library
Three Romanesque enamel plaques
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1989
- Dimensions
- 10 x 10 cm
- Vendor
- Christie's
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.
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.