Monstrance
The monumental monstrance, coming from the Milanese church of San Bernardino alle Ossa, is a wonderful example of a neo-Gothic style work: it has a hexagonal foot with mirrors with seraphim. The shaft is interrupted by a small temple knot with figures of angels in the niches. The aedicule houses the monstrance with silver rays enriched with diamond-cut crystal inserts. On the spires of the small temple showy musical angels stand out. The reliquary is completed with a high pinnacle, with large windows closed by blue glass, crossed by painted lozenge motifs and on which the Latin cross pediment stands out. The inscription on the foot bears the date, 1907, and the name of the creator, Eugenio Bellosio, goldsmith-sculptor, student of Bellezza, exceptional interpreter of nineteenth-century eclectic art, long engaged in the production of goldsmithery linked to the cult.
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Artwork details
- Artist:
- Eugenio Bellosio (Milano 1847 – Magreglio (CO) 1927)
- Title:
- Monstrance
- Date:
- 1907
- Medium and technique:
- Fusion metal, silver and gold, silver, glass, crystal, gems
- Dimensions:
- 95 × 29 Ø cm
- Inventory:
- MD 2001.094.001
- Location
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Location: Works from the Diocese, hypogeum
The core of the Museum’s collection consists of works from numerous churches across the vast territory of the Archdiocese of Milan, an area of great cultural and artistic richness. Before the Museum opened in 2001, surveys and site visits throughout the diocese uncovered treasures that had, in some cases, previously been unknown, and initiated a programme to recover, restore and promote this artistic heritage. The selected works included panel and canvas paintings, wooden and marble sculptures, and liturgical furnishings. These were not objects of local devotion and mostly had conservation problems, and were therefore restored, or were at risk of theft. The works are arranged chronologically, beginning on the ground floor and continuing along the central corridor on the first floor; some are displayed in the hypogeum. This core is complemented by other works that have entered the Diocesan Museum’s permanent collection over the years through loans, donations and bequests.
- Period:
- 20th century
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