Double-faced reliquary bust of a female saint
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Double-faced reliquary bust of a female saint
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Published 2018-09-11T10:41:28+00:00
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This sculpture faces an unknown double-faced saint depicted holding her hand in a prayer.
This Janus-faced reliquary was intended to be seen from many angles. It may have been carried in processions or places in the gallery of a church to look at the congregation in the nave below and at people in second-story side aisles. Relics were kept in the cavity in its abdomen and could be seen through the carved tracery.
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| Date published | 11/09/2018 |
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| Title | Double-faced reliquary bust of a female saint |
| Date | 15th century |
| Accession | 8563 |
| Medium | Oak |
| Credit | Acquired in 1935 from the Figdor Collection |
| Artist | Tilman Heysacker |
| Place | Bode Museum |
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