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Reliquary Shrine with Scenes from the Life of Christ
(Medieval Europe )
On the front of this unusually large shrine are scenes from the Life of Christ: (top) the Presentation in the Temple; the Adoration of the Magi; the Flight into Egypt; (bottom) the Carrying of the Cross; the Crucifixion; and the Holy Women at the Tomb. On the short sides, an enthroned Christ in Majesty adorns the door of the shrine and the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary is shown on the short side opposite. On the back, Christ and the Virgin stand with the apostles and St. Martial, the patron saint of Limoges. St. Martial stands in the position of favor on the right side of Christ. The shrine comes from the town of Billom (Puy-de-Dôme), near Limoges
Inscription
Provenance
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Collège de Jésuites, Billom, France, before 1789; Municipality of Billom Sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Paris, March 26, 1886; Charles Mannheim (1833-1910), Paris, March 26, 1886; Comte Gaston Chandon de Briailles (1852-1914), Beaune, Côte d'Or, before 1900; Hector Economos, Paris, before 1913; Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2010-2011 | Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. |
| 2008-2009 | Realms of Faith: Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum. Museum of Biblical Art, New York; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. |
| 1995 | Memory and the Middle Ages. McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill. |
| 1967 | An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York. |
| 1913 | Exposition d’objets d’art du moyen âge et de la Renaissance. ancien Hôtel du Sagan, Paris. |
| 1889 | Exposition rétrospective de l'art français au Trocadéro. Paris. |
| 2025 | Red Cross Exhibition, Seligmann Galleries, Paris. Seligmann, Paris. 0. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | technical analysis | |
| 3/18/1964 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 3/18/1964 | Treatment | cleaned; coated; repaired |
| 12/3/1984 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 1/10/1995 | Treatment | condition |
| 6/1/1995 | Examination | condition |
| 12/1/2007 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H at center finial: 15 5/8 x W at top finials: 18 3/8 x D: 5 3/4 in. (39.69 x 46.67 x 14.61 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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44.247