Cosimo di Vangelista Merlini
Reliquary Cross of the Passion
1615-1618
Chiseled, embossed and carved gold laminate; gilded embossed
copper, fused parts polychrome enamels; garnets, pearls amethysts,
emeralds, topazes, aquamarines crystal; 130x75x25 cm
High on the internal pedestal “1620”;
low on the
pedestal “opa MDCC”
Florence, Museum of the Opera del Duomo
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