UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German
(active c. 1394 in Cologne)

Monstrance

1394
Silver and gilt, height 89 cm
St. Peter and St. Paul, Ratingen

This monstrance, a gift from the parish priest of Ratingen. Arranged as a four-buttress monstrance, it is richly decorated with figures. The piece probably derives from one of the leading goldsmith workshops in Cologne.