Reliquary Bust of Saint Juliana, ca. 1376, Italian, Copper, gilding, gesso, and tempera paint, Overall: 11 1/16 x 9 x 8 3/8 in. (28.1 x 22.9 x 21.3 cm), Metalwork-Copper, Circle of Giovanni di Bartolo (Italian, active 1364–1404), In 1376, the skull of Saint Juliana, the gift of the brothers of San Domenico to the Perugian convent dedicated to the saint, was carried in procession and received by Abbess Gabriella. This beguiling image cradled the relic and was placed in an elaborate tabernacle, where it remained until its sale in the late nineteenth century
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Reliquary Bust, Saint Juliana, ca, 1376, Italian, Copper, gilding, gesso, tempera paint, Overall, 11 1/16 x 9 8 3/8, 28.1 22.9 21.3 cm, Metalwork-Copper, Circle of Giovanni di Bartolo, active, 1364–1404, skull, gift, brothers, San Domenico, Perugian convent, dedicated, saint, carried, procession, received, Abbess Gabriella, beguiling image, cradled, relic, placed, elaborate tabernacle, remained, sale, late nineteenth, century
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