Reliquary Cross

1550/1575, with late 19th century alterations

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 27

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    enameled gold, rock crystal, diamonds, emerald, rubies, glass pearls

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (across arms): 27 x 11.6 cm (10 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.)
    overall (oval base): 13.4 x 10.7 cm (5 1/4 x 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.295

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugen Gutmann [1840-1925], Berlin, by 1912.[1] (Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 1922 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Otto von Falke, ed., Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann, Berlin, 1912: 26, no. 102, pl. 20.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1912

  • Falke, Otto von. Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann. Berlin, 1912: no. 102.

1935

  • Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 39-40.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 10, as Italian 16th Century.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 169.

Wikidata ID

Q62131024

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