Chalice

Description

Silver-gilt chalice decorated with symbols and scenes relating to the Passion of Christ and the Eucharist: Netherlands, Hoorn, 1653

Museum reference

A.1993.25

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Chalice

Production information

Unknown
Hoorn, Netherlands, Western Europe

Date

1653

Materials

Silver-gilt

Physical description

Silver-gilt

Associations

Depicted: Christ
Depicted: Virgin Mary
Depicted: Saint John
Depicted: Moses
Depicted: Abraham
Depicted: Melchizedek
Depicted: Isaac
Depicted: Last Supper
Depicted: Crucifixion of Christ
Depicted: Institution of Passover
Depicted: Israelites collecting manna
Depicted: Melchizedek blessing Abraham
Depicted: Sacrafice of Isaac

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Karel Citroen’s comments in his letter to Timothy Schroder of Partridge’s, dated 8 February 1993 (copy of first page on file)

'Recent acquisitions in Edinburgh Museums' in The Burlington Magazine, August 1993, p. 597

Recent museum acquisitions section of Gazette des Beaux-Arts, March 1994, p. 68

On display

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