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Monstrance with Angel Standing on Clouds
(Baroque Europe )
A monstrance is a container for the Host, the Communion wafer that, when consecrated during the Mass, is believed to become the real body of Christ. Here, an angel on a cloud raises aloft the frame that once supported the Host. The sheaves of wheat and the grapes among the clouds of the frame are symbols of the body (bread from the wheat) and blood (wine from the grapes) of Christ.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
F. Ongania, Venice [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 8/1/1958 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 11/4/1963 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; reconstructed |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.869