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Reliquary

second half of 17th century

The Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb

The Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia

Reliquary shaped like a painting preserving relics of St Boniface and St Theodora. Relief of the central wax medallion is showing pope Innocent XII, and in the upper and lower medallion are images of aforementioned saints. medallions are surrounded with four large angular stylized flowers and a host of smaller, easily shaped. Reliquary was located in the parish church in Stubica, and was purchased in 1906 from count Stjepan Oršić.

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  • Title: Reliquary
  • Date: second half of 17th century
  • Date Created: second half of 17th century
  • Location Created: Austria or Croatia
  • Physical Dimensions: 45 x 38 cm
  • Type: reliquary
  • Contributor: Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
  • Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • External Link: http://athena.muo.hr/?object=list&find=002712
  • Medium: glass, wax, gilt wire
The Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb

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