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Reliquary Bust of a Benedictine Nun in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 2009

Reliquary Bust of a Benedictine Nun in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 2009
Reliquary Bust of a Benedictine Nun, possibly Saint Scholastica

Artist/maker unknown, Southern Netherlandish or French

Geography: Made in northern France, France, Europe
or southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe

Date: c. 1500

Medium: Painted wood with remains of gilding

Dimensions: 23 11/16 x 16 13/16 x 13 inches (60.2 x 42.7 x 33 cm) Weight (approximately): 15lb. (6.8 kg)

Curatorial Department: European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Object Location: Gallery 217, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Accession Number: 1996-66-1

Credit Line: Purchased with the John D. McIlhenny Fund, 1996

Text from: www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/90533.html?mulR=1855646251|4

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