LOYET, Gerard
(active 1466-1502)

St Lambert Reliquary

1467-71
Gold 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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