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| Keywords: Ferdinand á Crespos - Reliquary with Relics of Christ's Shroud and of Various Martyrs - Walters 623 - View D.jpg This reliquary originally housed about 60 Christian relics including one said to be from the shroud of Christ On the front are the image of St James and a piece of bone identified as being from the apostle who was believed to have preached in Spain and whose purported relics were venerated by pilgrims at Santiago da Compostela in northwestern Spain Ferdinand á Crespos gave this reliquary to the Church of St Michael in Fuenfria in 1598 1598 Baroque tempera on paper gilding wood mica ivory bone cm 31 43 17 94 18 1 accession number 62 3 36821 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Treasures of Heaven The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The British Museum London 2010-2011 place of origin Thebes in present-day Egypt Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Baroque reliquaries | ||||
