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| Keywords: Mosan Workshop - Jacob Blessing Manasses and Ephraim - Walters 4497.jpg This scene illustrates a passage from Genesis in which the blind Jacob deliberately rests his right hand the hand of honor on the head of Ephraim the younger grandson and his left hand on Manasses the elder one In so doing Jacob also called Israel prophesies the greatness of Ephraim's descendants interpreted by medieval theologians as the Christian faithful The plaque was probably part of a typological cross--a cross that combines Old and New Testament scenes--in which the crossed arms of Jacob symbolically refer to the crucified Christ middle Other date century 12 Medieval champlevé enamel on copper with gilding cm 7 1 9 7 0 3 accession number 44 97 1927 Pierre Leven Cologne by purchase Sale J M Heberle Cologne October 4 1853 no Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Upper line of text in enamel on either side of central figure's head IA/COB; Transcription IA/COB; Translation Jacob Lower line of text over the head of the bowing figure at viewer's left MANASSES Transcription MANASSES; Translation Manasses Lower line of text in enamel over the head of the bowing figure at viewer's right EFRAIM; Transcription EFRAIM; Translation Ephraim Enamels Museum of Contemporary Crafts New York 1959 The Hebrew Bible in Christian Jewish Muslim Art The Jewish Museum New York 1963 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin east Belgium Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Rhine-Meuse champlevé Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
