Period: Late Gothic
Date: 14th and 15th century
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.: 464469

Reliquary of Mary Magdalene

Unknown maker, 14th and 15th century

Maker: Unknown maker
Date: 14th and 15th century
Medium: Gilded copper, gilded silver, rock crystal, verre églomisé, and a human tooth (genus: Homo; species: Homo sapiens)
Dimensions: 22 x 9 3/8 x 7 15/16in. (55.9 x 23.8 x 20.2cm) Other (roundel): 3 3/8in. (8.6cm) Other (Rock crystal vessel): 4 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (10.9 × 5.5 × 4.1 cm)
Period: Late Gothic

Why it matters

Reliquary of Mary Magdalene, dated 14th and 15th century, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Gilded copper, gilded silver, rock crystal, verre églomisé, and a human tooth (genus: Homo; species: Homo sapiens). The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are 22 x 9 3/8 x 7 15/16in. (55.9 x 23.8 x 20.2cm) Other (roundel): 3 3/8in. (8.6cm) Other (Rock crystal vessel): 4 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (10.9 × 5.5 × 4.1 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection record