Chalice

Place of OriginAlghero, Sardinia, Italy

Dateabout 1380-1400

Dimensions14 × 8 5/8 × 5 5/8 in. (35.5 × 21.9 × 14.3 cm)

Mediumgilded silver, niello, and basse-taille enamel

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1955.223A

Not on View

DescriptionCrucifixion, Mater Dolorosa, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata; On knop: Man of Sorrows; St. Paul; St. Louis of Toulouse; donor?; St. Bonaventure ?; St. Peter;

Label TextThis set from the island of Sardinia, off the coast of Italy, was used in the celebration of the Eucharist (Holy Communion) in the Catholic Church. The chalice held the wine, and the paten held the wafers.Published References"Art in Antiques, Museum Buys 1956-1957," Art News, Summer, 1957, p. 14.

"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums, April-June 1957," Art Quarterly, vol. XX, no. 3, Autumn 1957, p. 317.

Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer 1960, p. 58, repr.

Riefstahl, Rudolf M., "Medieval Art," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 1964, p. 18, repr. (also published as Medieval Art).

"Medieval Art at Toledo: A Selection," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, December 1967, p. 442, repr. (b&w), fig. 12 and 13.

Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1966, repr.

Putney, Richard H., Medieval Art, Medieval People: The Cloister Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 2002, p. 11, repr. (col.) fig. 5.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 113, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryCambridge, MA, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Eucharistic Vessels of the Middle Ages, 1975, no. 4, pp. 47-52, repr. p. 120.Comparative ReferencesSee also Sales Catalogue, Alfred Rutsch: Collection (Zurich), Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Sept. 5, 1931, lot 77 (similar Barcelona chalice).