Ciborium for the Sacrament
Florentine 15th Century, possibly after a model by Desiderio da Settignano (stem with integral base); Florentine 19th Century (dome, enclosure, base beneath enclosure, finial, bottom plinth)
1460s-c.1470 (stem with integral base); probably 1860s-c. 1870 (dome, enclosure, base beneath enclosure); 1870s (finial, bottom plinth)
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 322.1 × 80.8 × 69.9 cm, (126 13/16 × 31 13/16 × 27 1/2 in.), 2357 lb. gross weight (base): 1217 lb. gross weight (tabernacle): 621 lb. gross weight (dome): 411 lb. gross weight (finial): 108 lb.
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1952.5.100