About This Artwork

Spanish

Pendant with the Eucharist, or Holy Sacrament, late 17th century

Gold, enamels, and glass (with silk and metal tassel)
4.7 x 4.6 cm (1 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.522

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, The Martin D'Arcy Gallery of Art, The Art of Jewelry 1450-1650, 1975, cat. 48.

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 44-45 and 93, no. 11.

Ownership History

Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1968; his sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, October 17, 1969, no. 72; Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago [according to Wardropper 2000, p. 4]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.