Unknown German
Reliquary Monstrance from the Guelph Treasure

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Artist Unknown German

CultureGerman

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Reliquary Monstrance from the Guelph Treasure

Dateearly 15th century

PlaceHildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

MediumCopper-gilt, silver, and enamel

Dimensions21 1/8 × 8 × 8 inches (53.7 × 20 × 20 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Laurence H. Favrot Bequest

Object number70.16

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

202 Willis Education Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

METALWORK

ProvenanceBrunswick Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Blaise), Guelph Treasure of the Ducal House of Braunschweig-Lueneburg, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany, until 1671; Duke Johann Friedrich of Hannover, Catholic Court Chapel at Hannover, Germany (received in 1671 as recompense for defense of town after Thirty Years War); by inheritance to his brother Ernest Augustus, Protestant Bishop of Osnabrueck; taken to England in 1803 because of danger of French invasion; returned to Hannover, Germany, and placed first among Royal Archives and then in Court Chapel; King George of Hannover founded Guelph Museum in 1861 of which treasure was the most important part; 1867 removed to Penzing Castle near Vienna, Austria; treasure dispersed, sold in 1930; [Goldschmidt and Reinhart Galleries, Inc.] sold monstrance sold to Gustav Oberlaender, GO-AL-DO Manor, Reading, Pennsylvania,1930; by inheritance to Mrs. Harold M. Leinbach (daughter of Gustav Oberlaender), Wyomissing Park, Reading, Pennsylvania; [Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York] sold to [Hermann] 1939-1959; 1959 sold to [Edward R. Lubin, Inc., New York]; sold to C.B.R.,1960; purchased by MFAH from [Edward R. Lubin] March 5, 1970.
Exhibition HistoryOsterrreiches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna, 1869.

Staedelsches Kunstinstitute, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1930, no. 62.

Goldschmidt and Reinhardt Galleries, New York, 1930, No. 62.

"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23, 1980–January 4, 1981.

"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.

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