# Reliquary of St Alexius [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SOLDANI BENZI, Massimiliano]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Hard stones, gold, silver, gilded copper, ebony, height 54 cm ## Commentary Reliquary of St Alexius c. 1691 Hard stones, gold, silver, gilded copper, ebony, height 54 cm Museo delle Cappelle Medicee, Florence The elaborate structure of the reliquary was inspired by the story of St Alexius, who fled his home the day of his wedding, then took a vote of chastity; he later returned to his father's abode to take refuge, but died under a staircase. The frame and other elements of gilded copper were made by Pietro Motti \(active in Florence, 1690-1697\). ## Related artworks - [Bacchus \(detail\)]() - [Bacchus]() - [Bust of Agrippa]() - [Bust of Augustus]() - [Bust of Cicero]() - [Bust of Faustina the Younger]() - [Bust of Hadrian]() - [Bust of Marcus Aurelius as a Boy]() - [Bust of Seneca]() - [Bust of the Anima Beata]() - [Bust of the Anima Dannata]() - [Bust of Vitellius]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()