UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian
(active 1510s in Florence)

Chalice with Medici Arms

1510s
Gilt copper and silver, height 22 cm
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence

The style of this chalice, embossed, chiseled and decorated with niello ornaments, refers to Gothic models. It was probably commissioned by Giulio de' Medici at the time of his bishopric in Florence between 1513 and 1523.