# Reliquary of the Cross

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Gilded silver, enamel, height 16,5 cm

## Commentary

This reliquary, one of the masterpieces of 15th-century Lombard goldsmiths, represents in the centre the scene of Nativity, flanked by St Bernardino \(at the left\) and St Louis of Toulouse \(at the right\). The panel of St Bernardino was redone in the 19the century.

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- [Antique Sardonyx Vase with Lid and Mount in Gilt Silver](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/antique-sardonyx-vase-with-lid-and-mount-in-gilt-silver-raccac44356e8e3>)
- [Bernardo Buontalenti Presenting a Wood Model](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/bernardo-buontalenti-presenting-a-wood-model-rd1f35b93deb0b9>)
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- [Cross of Desiderius \(back\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cross-of-desiderius-back-r44dd181d26dbd1>)
- [Cross of Desiderius \(front\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cross-of-desiderius-front-rc4c2fe5720fc57>)
- [Cross of Desiderius \(front\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cross-of-desiderius-front-rf3cb56d021dc67>)
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- [Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cup-rc170005315fd1d>)
- [Cup](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-italian-r6f3ba2c423700e/cup-rc5ce43ab08c0ca>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)