Reliquary Shrine with Christ and Apostles

Description A reliquary shrine was made to hold the precious relics, or remains, of a saint. On this example, Christ is seated at the center of both the roof and the lower panel, flanked by a pair of apostles under gracefully curving arches. The half-length figures were made separately and attached to the brightly colored enamel surfaces.

Exhibitions

• Enamels. Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York. 1959.
• The Arts of Man. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. 1962.

Provenance Prince de Wagram, Boissy-Saint-Leger (?); Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, by purchase; Henri Daguerre, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928