Reliquary bust of a knight
c. 1350
Walnut, polychrome, gilt
50 x 37 x 20 cm
Inv. no. 56.830
Inv. 56.830
Reliquary, carved-in-the-round with lid, consisting of four separate parts (lid, head and bust, grill, plinth). His chased chainmail and brigadine, the latter decorated with a filigree vine motif, are in good condition. The reliquary is almost certainly from the same workshop as item A99, another sculpted work portraying a knight, in the Schnütgen Museum.
Provenance:
Purchased by Prince Primate János Simor in 1884 from Cologne’s Schnütgen collection.
Bibliography:
A Keresztény Múzeum Esztergomban. In: Egyházművészeti lap,5 (1884), 363. – Radisics Jenő: A Simor-Múzeum. In: Művészeti Ipar, 2 (1887), 222. – Genthon-1948, 146.
Provenance:
Purchased by Prince Primate János Simor in 1884 from Cologne’s Schnütgen collection.
Bibliography:
A Keresztény Múzeum Esztergomban. In: Egyházművészeti lap,5 (1884), 363. – Radisics Jenő: A Simor-Múzeum. In: Művészeti Ipar, 2 (1887), 222. – Genthon-1948, 146.
