BR61.57: Reliquary Cross
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR61.57
- People
-
Unidentified Artist
- Title
- Reliquary Cross
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 1350
- Culture
- Franco-Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/223221
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gilded silver and copper, semi-precious stones, enamel
- Technique
- Gilding
- Dimensions
- height with base: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [H. S. Wellby, London], sold; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1961
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
- Accession Year
- 1961
- Object Number
- BR61.57
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- [Unidentified Article], The Art Quarterly (New York, NY, 1961), vol. XXIV, no. 4, p. 238
- Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), pp. 6,9, cat. no. 4 pp. 46-48, repr. as pl. V
- "The Etruscan Influence", Index Magazine ([e-journal], September 20, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/the-etruscan-influence, accessed September 20, 2018
Exhibition History
- Medieval Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, 11/21/1970 - 02/07/1971
- 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/27/2018 - 02/07/2019
Verification Level
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