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Casket with the Three Theological Virtues

A work made of gold, enamel, rock crystal, and lapis lazuli.
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  • A work made of gold, enamel, rock crystal, and lapis lazuli.

Date:

c. 1525-c. 1550

Artist:

Italian

About this artwork

Miniature caskets might have been used in the Renaissance to house jewels or possibly saintly relics. This example features panels of engraved rock crystal, an extremely hard material of great clarity and polish that is carved only with patience and skill. The emblematic figures depicted here are modeled after the work of the sixteenth-century Italian painter Raphael.

Status

On View, Gallery 238

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Title

Casket with the Three Theological Virtues

Place

Northern Italy (Object made in)

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1500–1550

Medium

Gold, enamel, rock crystal, and lapis lazuli

Dimensions

4.2 × 8.4 × 4.9 cm (1 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf

Reference Number

1992.555

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