collection: Aachen Cathedral Treasury

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instance of: sculpture (2) | sarcophagus (1) | reliquary (1) | painting (1)

movement: Gothic art (1) | late Middle Ages (1) | Mosan art (1)

genre: religious art (1) | bust (1) | mythological sculpture (1)

named after: Charlemagne (1)

artist: Master of the Aachen Altar (1)

depicts: man (2) | woman (1) | flower (1) | horse (1) | Mercury (1) | Charlemagne (1) | Cupid (1) | dragon (1) | mother (1) | nudity (1) | long hair (1) | Ceres (1) | Aphrodite (1) | Athena (1) | Demeter (1) | Hades (1) | Hermes (1) | beard (1)

material used: gold (1) | silver (1) | Carrara marble (1) | oil paint (1) | calvaria (1) | gold leaf (1) | filigree (1) | panel (1) | Engraved gem (1) | damascening (1)

main subject: Rape of Persephone (1)

location of final assembly: Italy (1)

fabrication method: repoussé (1) | gilding (1) | haut-relief technique (1)

Bust of Charlemagne

reliquary / sculpture
(1350)
Charlemagne crown fleur-de-lis man beard eagle Reichsadler long hair Holy Roman Emperor

Proserpina sarcophagus

sarcophagus / sculpture
(3rd century)
Pluto kidnapping Hades Persephone Proserpina man woman quadriga Athena Minerva Eros Cupid Hermes Mercury Cerberus Tartarus Enceladus Cyane dragon chariot Demeter Ceres mother Aphrodite Venus basket flower lady's maid herder cornucopia fruit genius himation chiton clothing in ancient Greece nudity horse clothed female, naked male

Aachener Altar

painting
by Master of the Aachen Altar (16th century)