French goldsmith, Reliquary of San Giusto

Author
French goldsmiths
Date
1290-1295
Original location
Monastery of San Giovannino della Calza (Florence)
Material
Silver, niello, gold, enamels, precious and semi-precious stones
Technique
Embossing, chiselling, engraving, gilding, enamelling, carving
Dimensions
Height: 44,5 cm; Width: 13,5 cm; Depth: 9 cm;

Arm-reliquary with a blessing hand, in silver adorned with precious and semi-precious stones, including two antique cameos. A commemorative inscription in Gothic characters runs around the wrist. The reliquary was donated in 1295, thanks to the intervention of Bernardino degli Aldobrandeschi, by the abbot prior of the monastery of St. Justus in Lyon, to the Jesuit monks of the Florentine monastery of San Giovanni in Porta Romana. In 1680, Cardinal Nerli donated the reliquary to the Cathedral.

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