The Brooke Reliquary

Limoges

Rutland County Museum and Visitor Centre

1220 - 1230

The front panel of the roof depicts Christ flanked by two saints or apostles, while the front shows Christ in Majesty. Each end panel has a figure of a saint, and the rear of the roof has a star pattern. All the figures are surrounded by coloured enamel work in shades of blue, red, yellow and green. This reliquary has a relatively simple and conservative iconography.

• Medium: enamelled metalwork
• Dimensions: 15 x 13.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £8500 ( Total: £29,469)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Found at Brooke Priory, Rutland, c.1805; exhibited locally 1861, described 1880s. Sotheby, 2 Dec 1969, lot 17; 13 Nov 1975, lot 10.

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