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LOYET, Gerard (active 1466-1502) |
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St Lambert Reliquary1467-71Gold and silver gilt, height 53 cm Cathedral of St Paul, Liège | |
Commissioned by Charles the Bold and executed in encrusted enamel technique, the reliquary shows the duke holding a finger relic of St Lambert and presented by St George, whose posture resembles the same saint depicted 35 years earlier in Jan van Eyck's painting of Canon van der Paele. |
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