Monstrance

ca. 1230 (Medieval)

12.9 cm 36.5 cm

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A Mosan reliquary monstrance (from the Latin word for "showing") calls to mind Theophilus's genuine wonderment at precision craftsmanship. A tour de force of medieval goldsmithing with respect both to the range of media and the various techniques used in its manufacture, the m...

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E. Bonnaffé, Paris; E. Bonnaffe Sale, Paris, May 3, 1897, no. 24; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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