Holy Cross monstrance reliquary, gilded bronze, Central Europe, 18th century (ca. 1750)
7400,00 zł
Rococo reliquary in the form of a monstrance. In the glazed box (ostensorium) there is a cross made of rock crystal, in an openwork silver frame. Inside it are placed relics – small fragments (splinters) from the Holy Cross. On the back of the crystal cross, silk threads are visible, binding the relic to the setting, as well as a lacquer seal imprint.
Gloria (rays) – a richly decorated halo in the form of a radial shield, characteristic of a monstrance. On its perimeter, decorated with rocaillas, colored glasses of ruby and green are set, and the whole is crowned by a small cross with a central red eye.
Instead of a simple geometric form, the nodus is formed of twisted, sigmoidal volutes (shapes resembling the letters “C” and “S”) that flow seamlessly from one to the other.
The foot is oval, multi-stepped, decorated with repoussed rocaillas. The reliquary represents high-class artistic craftsmanship; it is most likely preserved in “integral” condition.
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The work may have been part of a winged altarpiece (retabulum), most likely in the Crucifixion group.