1510 reliquary Bust - made in Flanders Brabant circa 1510 Polychromed and gilded wood

RIEMENSCHNEIDER Tilman - German (c.1460 - 1531) - Hl.Katharina_erstes Viertel 16. Jahrhundert

Cicle of Hans (the Younger) Holbein, Portrait of a Nobleman, c. 1540

Demre, Turkey

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Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint - Bust reliquaries for the skulls of saints were placed on or near altars and, by the late Middle Ages, often assembled in large numbers in church sanctuaries. The small glazed medallion resembling jewelry once displayed additional relics. On particular feast days, such reliquaries were carried in processions.

Reliquary of St. Andrew the Apostle, silver with gold plate, pearls, over 200 gems and 6 emeralds set on a bronze base. "THE VATICAN"

*Reliquary bust - 1520. Brussels. © Foto: Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz