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| Keywords: Italian - Monstrance of Thadea Petrucci - Walters 5351 - Detail A.jpg An inscription around the stem of this fourteenth-century reliquary from Florence celebrates Mistress Thadea Petrucci who had the receptacle made for the salvation of her dead Thadea's gift made during a period dominated by the experience of the Black Death 1347-1351 poignantly demonstrates the redemptive value attributed to such offerings Contributing to the beauty of the Lord's temple was a way to gain God's benevolence at the time judgment Here the act of giving is sanctioned by the patron ca 1340 1350 Medieval gilded copper enamel and rock crystal cm 63 5 23 8 accession number 53 51 11121 Thadea Petrucci ca 1340-1350 by commission Camillo Castiglioni Vienna date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Amsterdam November 17-20 1925 no 232 Henry Walters Baltimore 1924-1926 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924-1926 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Medieval reliquaries Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
