UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active c. 1160 in Meuse Valley)

Stavelot Portable Altar

c. 1160
Gilt and enameled copper and bronze in wood
Musées Royaux des Arts et d'Histoire, Brussels

This portable altar was produced by the workshop in Meuse for the Abbey in Stavelot. It is decorated by scenes of Christ's Passion and by the figures of the Apostles.