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Reliquary, German, Cologne Cathedral

Photograph
ca. 1910 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Victoria and Albert Museum (photographed)

From the beginning, the V&A collected photographs in the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in he interest of public education. They were valued as records and as source material for students of architecture and design. As well as being crucial records of the history of the V&A, and an important element within the National Art Library's visual encyclopaedia, these photographs are also significant artefacts in the history of the art of photography.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Metalwork
Object type
Photograph
TitleReliquary, German, Cologne Cathedral (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Photograph, 'Reliquary, German, Cologne Cathedral, XII Century', gelatin silver print, ca. 1902
Physical description
A black and white photograph mounted on green card of a highly ornamented metal shrine with doors mounted on a pedestal. A ten inch scale is visible on the bottom left of the frame.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 395mm
  • Mount width: 500mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GOLD & SILVERSMITHS' WORK / XV / C / Reliquary / German, XII Centy / Cologne, Cathedral.' (ink, mount)
  • 24007. Pair of Doors of cast bronze, in the style of the 15th centy. with panels above and below of later style. Italian. / The property of J. Pierpont Morgan. Esq. No. 432'' (printed label, mount)
Credit line
Acquired from Sydney A. Pitcher, Gloucester, 1919
Subject depicted
Reliquaries
Summary
From the beginning, the V&A collected photographs in the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in he interest of public education. They were valued as records and as source material for students of architecture and design. As well as being crucial records of the history of the V&A, and an important element within the National Art Library's visual encyclopaedia, these photographs are also significant artefacts in the history of the art of photography.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
568-1910

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Record createdJune 21, 2019
Record URL
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