About the Artwork
Reliquary Cross
19th century
Robert Hendery
active 1837-1897
Canadian
Unknown
Silver
Overall: 3 3/4 × 1 5/8 inches (9.5 × 4.1 cm)
Silver
American Art before 1950
Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Robert H. Tannahill
57.141
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Engraved, on front: Jesus Hostie Engraved, on back: Sang Precieux | Marie Immaculee
Stamped, under lid: [lion rampant (in oval)] [sovereign's head (in square with clipped corners)]
Provenance
Convent of the Adoratrices du Precieux-Sang (Montreal, Quebec)
H. Baron (Montreal, Quebec)
1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Fox, Ross Allan C. Quebec and Related SIlver at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit,1978, pp. 80-81.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Robert Hendery, Reliquary Cross, 19th century, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Robert H. Tannahill, 57.141.
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