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Course: The British Museum > Unit 4
Lesson 4: Renaissance- Renaissance Europe
- The Holy Thorn Reliquary of Jean, duc de Berry
- The Holy Thorn Reliquary of Jean, duc de Berry
- Reliquary bust of a companion of Saint Ursula
- Albrecht Dürer
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- Leonardo and his drawings
- Michelangelo and his early drawings
- Studies for the Battle of Cascina and the Creation of Adam
- Studies for the Last Judgment and a late crucifixion drawing
- Raphael and his drawings
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The Holy Thorn Reliquary of Jean, duc de Berry
The Holy Thorn Reliquary, 1390–97 (created for Jean, duc de Berry), enameled gold, sapphires, rubies, pearls, rock crystal, thorn, 30.5 x 15 x 7 cm (The British Museum, London).
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Smarthistory.
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- Do we have any documentation that this is an "actual" thorn from the crown or just a replica?(5 votes)
- It's more a matter of symbolism than being a legitimate artifact.(8 votes)
- At0:31, was this reliquary housed in the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris? Marilyn Stokstad's textbook, Art History, mentioned that the Gothic chapel housed the crown of thorns relic.(3 votes)