# Reliquary of St Sigismund [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FOGGINI, Giambattista]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Ebony, silver, gilded bronze, hard stones, height 58 cm ## Commentary This reliquary is dedicated to St Sigismund, the first Christian king of Burgundy. The central scene portrays his miraculous appearance to a group of injured youths. The structure of the reliquary is made of ebony, the figures are silver, the decorations in gilded bronze, while the small fruits are made of semiprecious stones. This combination of precious materials with different chromatic effects is typical of late baroque art at the Florentine court. The reliquary was produced in the grand ducal workshops under the direction of Foggini. ## Related artworks - [Battle of Anghiari]() - [Bust of Cardinal Gian Carlo de' Medici]() - [Bust of Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici]() - [Cosimo III de' Medici]() - [Decoration of the Feroni Chapel]() - [Elector Palatine's cabinet]() - [Ferdinando de' Medici]() - [First Mass of St Andrea]() - [Portrait of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici as a Child]() - [Prie-dieu of the Electress Palatine]() - [Reliquary of St Sigismund \(detail\)]() - [Stoup decorated with the Annunciation]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()