Richelieu wing 路 Level 1 路 Decorative Arts
Salle 501 路 Charlemagne
Carolingian treasury objects incl. the equestrian statuette of Charlemagne
In This Room
The Barberini Ivory
Unknown (Constantinople), 525-550
The Harbaville Triptych
Unknown (Constantinople, Romanos group), 940-960
Equestrian Statuette of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald
Unknown (Carolingian), Ninth century (rider); horse ancient, restored in the eighteenth century
Reliquary of the True Cross with Sliding Lid
Unknown (Byzantine and Mosan), Eleventh century (reliquary); c. 1160-1170 (frame and lid)
Reliquary Icon of the Nativity
Unknown (Italo-Byzantine workshop; Constantinople for the frame), Twelfth century (ivory); 1085-1115 (silver frame); made a reliquary in the fourteenth or fifteenth century
Serpentine Paten from the Treasury of Saint-Denis
Unknown (Roman dish; Carolingian mount), First century BC to first century AD (dish); 850-900 (mount)