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Standing Bishop

ca. 1510
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 14
This finely worked figure appears to have come from the immense bust reliquary of Saint Lambert commissioned by the prince-bishop Erard de La Marck for the now-destroyed cathedral of Saint Lambert in Liège. Created by the Aachen goldsmith Hans von Reutlingen and his workshop beginning in 1508, it was consecrated on April 22, 1512. The bishop, who originally held a crozier in his left hand, probably represents a locally venerated bishop saint.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Standing Bishop
  • Artist: Hans von Reutlingen (German, Aachen, 1465–1547) or Workshop
  • Date: ca. 1510
  • Geography: Made in Aachen, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Silver and silver gilt
  • Dimensions: Overall (without pin): 4 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (10.3 x 3.6 x 3 cm)
    with pin: 5 1/4in. (13.3cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Silver
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Desmond Gerald Fitzgerald Charitable Fund Gift, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.217
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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