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Reliquary with the Man of Sorrows
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Bohemian |
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| Title |
Reliquary with the Man of Sorrows |
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English: The image of the Man of Sorrows is a distillation of the events of Christ's Passion. Christ contemplates with sorrow the instruments of his suffering: the cross and hammer, whips, nails, column of the Flagellation, and the dice thrown by the soldiers for his garments. The gabled container held by an angel once housed a thorn believed to be from Christ's Crown of Thorns, while the hinged cross and column probably held pieces of wood believed to be from Christ's cross and from the column against which he was whipped.
According to an inscription on the base, the reliquary was ordered by the bishop of Olomouc in Moravia to house the Holy Thorn. It was surely a present for Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. Both men's coats of arms (those of Moravia and Bohemia) are on the base, and the thorn was already in the emperor's famous collection of relics, as a gift from the king of France. As Charles reigned over both Bohemia and Moravia only from 1347 to 1349, the piece dates to this time. The sophisticated workmanship is characteristic of objects created for the imperial court in Prague. |
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| Date | between 1347 and 1349 (Middle Ages) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | gilded silver, silver, champlevé enamel, glass paste (imitation ruby) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | H: 11 5/8 x W at wings: 8 3/8 x D: 5 in. (29.53 x 21.27 x 12.7 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
57.700 |
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| Place of creation | Prague, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | The Way to Heaven: Relic Veneration in the Middle Ages. Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht; Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Amsterdam. 2000-2001. The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1962. Kaiser Karl IV, 1316-1378. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich. 1978. Die Parler und der Schöne Stil, 1350-1400. Schnütgen-Museum, Cologne. 1978-1979. Reliquaries and Ritual: Medieval Objects of Devotion. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. Prague: The Crown of Bohemia. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Prague Castle, Prague 1. 2005-2006. Silesia - A Pearl in the Bohemian Crown: Three Periods of Flourishing Artistic Relations. Waldstein Riding School, Prague, Prague. 2006-2007. Treasures of Heaven. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The British Museum, London. 2010-2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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[Transcription] Majuscule inscription on the pedestal: HANC.MONSTRANCIAM.CUM.SPINA.CHORONE.DOMINI.DNS.IOHANNES.OLOMUCZENSIS.EPISCOPUS.PREPARARI.FECIT. [Translation] John, the bishop of Olmütz, commissioned this monstrance with the thorn of the crown of Christ |
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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