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Source Description
The inside of the foot is coated with blue enamel on white and sprinkled with gilt stars. It shows a pointed shield: or, charged with three crescents azure. This coat-of-arms may refer to any one of three Venetian families: Barberi, Barbetta, or Barba.
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Document identity
localId
24118
label
Reliquary with Floral Scrolls
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
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24118
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Reliquary with Floral Scrolls
description
The inside of the foot is coated with blue enamel on white and sprinkled with gilt stars. It shows a pointed shield: or, charged with three crescents azure. This coat-of-arms may refer to any one of three Venetian families: Barberi, Barbetta, or Barba.
provenance
Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1500 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
reliquaries
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
38
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 14 15/16 × Diam of base: 5 5/16 in. (38 × 13.5 cm); Base H: 11 3/4 × Diam: 5 5/16 in. (29.9 × 13.5 cm); Lid H: 3 13/16 × Diam: 3 3/8 in. (9.7 × 8.5 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamels and gold on copper, glass
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6200
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REN
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none
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