Statuette of Saint Peter Description Santiago de Compostela, Ca. 1425. Gilded silver, enamel, and gemstones This piece is part of the set of images of devotion commissioned by Archbishop Lope de Mendoza for his private oratory, later acquired by his successor Álvaro...
Statuette of Saint John the Baptist Description Santiago de Compostela, Ca. 1425. Gilded silver, enamel, and gemstones This statuette and the statuette of Saint Peter are the two images of the group from the oratory of Archbishop Lope de Mendoza that have been...
Statuette of Saint Andrew Description Santiago de Compostela, Attributed to Francesco Marino. Ca. 1425. Gilded silver, enamel, and gemstonesIt is one of the five images of devotion from the oratory of Archbishop Lope de Mendoza that have been preserved in the...
Statuette of Saint Francis of Assisi Description Santiago de Compostela, Attributed to Vicente Flamengo, Ca. 1425. Gilded silver, enamel, and gemstones The Franciscan habit, as well as his characterization and the attributes that he carries in his hands, the skull,...
Statuette of Saint Dominic of Guzmán Description Santiago de Compostela, Attributed to Vicente Flamengo. Ca. 1425. Gilded silver, enamel, and gemstones. The pieces of the two holy founders of the mendicant Orders, who would play an important role in the care of...
Reliquary bust of Saint Pauline Description Santiago de Compostela, Jorge Cedeira the Elder, 1553. Silver, enamels, and gemstones. The Portuguese silversmith Jorge Cedeira the Elder, started in Compostela, where he settled in 1542, a great saga of silversmiths who...
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