Pendant in the Shape of a Lantern with Christ's Crucifixion and Deposition

ca. 1550-1600 (Renaissance)

2.5 cm 5.3 cm 1.9 cm

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The workmanship and materials of the case are European, while the iridescent blue-to-emerald green hummingbird feathers on the inside are probably Mexican in origin and draw on the striking use of feathers by the Aztec for works of art. There remains a debate as to whether suc...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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