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- Also called:
- Godefroid de Huy
- Flourished:
- 1130–50, Huy-sur-le-Meuse, Belg.
- Movement / Style:
- Romanesque art
- Mosan school
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Godefroid de Claire
Belgian goldsmith
Also known as: Godefroid de Huy
Godefroid de Claire (flourished 1130–50, Huy-sur-le-Meuse, Belg.) was an important Belgian Romanesque goldsmith and enamelist of the Mosan school. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been most active in the service of the abbot of Stavelot Abbey. Among the best known works attributed to him are a bronze aquamanile (ewer) reliquary of St. Alexander (c. 1145) and two enamel plaques showing the baptism of Christ and the Crucifixion.
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