Monstrance

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
16th century
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Paris, Louvre Museum, Department of Decorative Arts
Object Number
OA 5615
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner

Dimensions

Overall Closed: 42.6mm × 40.8mm × 105.8mm (4.3 × 4.1 × 10.6 cm)

Description

Crucifixion; Expulsion; St Martin Dividing his Cloak; Resurrection; undetermined (Adam names the animals?); Constantine; Adoration of the Magi; Temptation; St George with St Christopher relic

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
handwritten in Latin on banderole on relic under glass under the cover:

St Christophorus

[source: Louvre file]

Published References

Emile Molinier, Donation de M. le Baron Adolphe de Rothschild (Paris 1902, 27, no. 65)

Provenance

Provenance
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (1901)
Previous Owner(s)
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild

Subjects

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