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Source Description
An inscription around the stem of this fourteenth-century reliquary from Florence celebrates "Mistress Thadea Petrucci," who had the receptacle made "for the salvation of her dead." Thadea's gift, made during a period dominated by the experience of the Black Death (1347-1351) poignantly demonstrates the redemptive value attributed to such offerings. Contributing to the beauty of the Lord's temple was a way to gain God's benevolence at the time judgment. Here, the act of giving is sanctioned by the patron.
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Document identity
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11121
label
Monstrance of Thadea Petrucci
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title
Monstrance of Thadea Petrucci
description
An inscription around the stem of this fourteenth-century reliquary from Florence celebrates "Mistress Thadea Petrucci," who had the receptacle made "for the salvation of her dead." Thadea's gift, made during a period dominated by the experience of the Black Death (1347-1351) poignantly demonstrates the redemptive value attributed to such offerings. Contributing to the beauty of the Lord's temple was a way to gain God's benevolence at the time judgment. Here, the act of giving is sanctioned by the patron.
provenance
Thadea Petrucci, ca. 1340-1350, by commission; Camillo Castiglioni, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Amsterdam, November 17-20, 1925, no. 232; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924-1926 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1340-1350 (Medieval)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
monstrances
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4
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4
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import
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cm
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63.5
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23.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 25 x Diam: 9 3/8 in. (63.5 x 23.8 cm)
Source extras
med
gilded copper, enamel, rock crystal
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18723
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MED
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2064
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photo
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photo
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