Reliquary in White Marble and Gilded Bronze
Vertical rectangle. Upon a base two angels are kneeling and, together with clouds in the center, are supporting a pavilion, in the center of which is standing a base with an urn with the receptacle for a skull; above the roof Christ rising, with cherubim and angels.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
c. 1825
Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite, ruled border in pen and brown ink on light blue laid paper, laid down on white paper
1938-88-607
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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