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Relic of St. Bartholomew
c. 1045
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This relic is housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, which is one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects.
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Details
- Title: Relic of St. Bartholomew
- Date Created: c. 1045
- Type: Metalwork
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.m
- Medium: Mummified flesh/tissue
- Fun Fact: According to a forensic anthropologist, this material is mummified flesh.
- Department: Medieval Art
- Culture: Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: MED - Romanesque
- Accession Number: 1931.462.m
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