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Reliquary Bust of St. Marinus the Martyrcirca 1590

Not on view
Polychrome and gilded wood reliquary bust of a young man with ivory-white painted skin and brown curly hair, wearing a lapis-blue and gold embroidered vestment with an oval relic cavity at the chest, mounted on a stepped pedestal

Unknown, Reliquary Bust of St. Marinus the Martyr, circa 1590, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 1998 Collectors Committee, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Reliquary Bust of St. Marinus the Martyr
Place Made
Italy, probably Emilia-Romagna
Date Made
circa 1590
Medium
Polychromed and gilded wood with glass panel
Dimensions
25 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (65.41 x 38.74 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 1998 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
AC1998.49.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Levkoff, Mary. "European Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Update." Apollo 155, no.480 (February 2002): 12-20.