UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active around 1250 in Paris)

Reliquary of St Elizabeth of Hungary

c. 1250
Wood, silver, precious and semiprecious stones, glass, height 58 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This reliquary in the form of an architectural pediment framing a figure of St Elizabeth was made by Parisian jewelers. Elizabeth's name is given in an inscription on the base.




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