About the Artwork
Reliquary Front
between 1600 and 1630
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German
Unknown
Engraved silver gilt
Overall: 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (8.9 × 7.3 cm)
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European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Max Falk
1985.38
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed, on sides of reliquary: MAGNUS , S. THOMAS AQUINAS , S. HYACIN , S. ROSA , S. DOMI , S. ALBERTU . Inscribed, on cross: S. SEBASTIAN , S. EUSTAC , S. ANNA S. M. MAGDA , S. CATHAR. , S. MARG. , H. GREITZ , S. PETRI APOST. , S. MATHIE APOST , S. AGATA , S. BRIGITE , S. ELIZAB.K. , S. BERNH , S. THOMAS DE AQU , S. GREGO
Provenance
(Bulgari, Rome, Italy);May 29, 1981, (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, New York, USA) lot 248.
Max Falk;
1986-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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German, Reliquary Front, between 1600 and 1630, engraved silver gilt. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Max Falk, 1985.38.
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