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| Keywords: Italian - Reliquary in the Shape of the Bust of a Saint - Walters 54734.jpg This reliquary would originally have contained what was thought to be a body part or other physical remains of a saint The richness of the container honors the sanctity of the relic now lost It would have been placed under glass in the morse clasp of a cope While the bust dates from the 17th century the head is an 18th-century replacement Protestants considered Catholics' deep devotion to the saints and their relics as bordering on idolatry To counter this the Church vigorously reasserted that while worship was due only to Christ and to God the veneration or honoring of saints and also of their relics as physical manifestations of their lives and merits was important in gaining the aid of the saints in seeking God's mercy between 1675 1750 gilded bronze cm 25 9 22 5 accession number 54 734 10199 F Ongania Venice date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
