File:French - Reliquary Shrine with Scenes from the Life of Christ - Walters 44247 - Three Quarter.jpg
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[edit]Reliquary Shrine with Scenes from the Life of Christ
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Anonymous (France) |
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| Title |
Reliquary Shrine with Scenes from the Life of Christ |
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| Description |
English: On the front of this unusually large shrine are scenes from the Life of Christ: (top) the Presentation in the Temple; the Adoration of the Magi; the Flight into Egypt; (bottom) the Carrying of the Cross; the Crucifixion; and the Holy Women at the Tomb. On the short sides, an enthroned Christ in Majesty adorns the door of the shrine and the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary is shown on the short side opposite. On the back, Christ and the Virgin stand with the apostles and St. Martial, the patron saint of Limoges. St. Martial stands in the position of favor on the right side of Christ. The shrine comes from the town of Billom (Puy-de-Dôme), near Limoges |
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| Date | between circa 1230 and circa 50 (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | champlevé enamel on copper with gilding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H at center finial: 15 5/8 x W at top finials: 18 3/8 x D: 5 3/4 in. (39.69 x 46.67 x 14.61 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
44.247 |
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| Place of creation | Limoges, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton. 1967. Exposition rétrospective de l'art français au Trocadéro. Paris. 1889. Exposition d?objets d?art du moyen âge et de la Renaissance. ancien Hôtel du Sagan, Paris. 1913. Memory and the Middle Ages. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. 1995. Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Museum of Biblical Art, New York; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. 2008-2009. Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. 2010-2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
On the broad side of the reliquary featuring scenes from the Life of Christ and the Virgin, a titulus depicted above Christ Crucified in red enamel letters reads: I H S; [Transcription] IH[ESU]S; [Translation] Jesus. On the broad side of the reliquary featuring Christ and the Virgin with apostles and saints, on the upper panel, a band in reserve at the shoulder-level of Christ, the apostles and saints reads in red enamel letters: MA/TEUS: SI/MON:MA/RCIAL'/BARN/ABA:PHI/LIP':BA/RTOLOMS'; [Transcription] MAT[TH]EUS SIMON MARCIAL[IS] BARNABA[S] PHILIP[US] BART[H]OLOM[EU]S; [Translation] Matthew, Simon, Martial, Barnabas, Philip, Bartholomew. On the broad side of the reliquary featuring Christ and the Virgin with apostles and saints, on the lower panel, a band in reserve on shoulder-level with the Virgin, the apostles and saints reads in red enamel letters: MATI/AS:SIOAN/NES:SPA/UL'/SPE/TRUSAN/DREAS:IA/COB'; [Transcription] MATIAS S[ANCTUS] IOANNES S[ANCTUS] PAUL[US] S[ANCTUS] PETRUS ANDREAS IACOB[US]; [Translation] Matthias, St. John, St. Paul, St. Peter, Andrew, James. On the narrow side depicting the Annunciation, a band in reserve between the heads of the Virgin and Archangel Gabriel reads in red letters: AVEM/ARIA; [Transcription] AVE MARIA; [Translation] Hail Mary. |
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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