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GERMAN, AUGSBURG OR NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1520-30
AN ENAMELLED GOLD OR COPPER AND SILVER RELIEF OF CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY
In a later arched giltwood surround
212 in. (6.4 cm.) high, 134 in. (4.5 cm.) wide, the enamel
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There are four almost identical reliefs, depicting four scenes of Christ’s Passion in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2015.388.1-4). As Elizabeth Cleland writes, the construction of these reliefs was an innovative technique involving molten glass built up over an armature of gold wires on a silver base. And this would have formed part of larger object, such as a reliquary, with additional scenes, probably also from the life of Christ.

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