Monstrance in silver and silver gilt, height 70 cm, 2,352 kg
Elegant and refined Baroque piece made silver ...

Monstrance in silver and silver gilt, height 70 cm, 2,352 kg
Elegant and refined Baroque piece made silver, made in Naples in Seventeenth century, bearing the marks of the assayer for the removable parts and the silver hallmark with "NAP" letters which covers the period from 1619 to 1680. The base rests on four feet to curl with vegetable decorated with acanthus leaves, a globe of gilded silver engraved with the Universe symbols and signs of the zodiac says a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary bearer of his son's cross and supporting a wounded heart in which the fringes there is an angel and on the other hand, three ears of corn. In flaming heart and hurt engages a receptacle with a double row of beams decorated with branches of grapes. In the head radially, the apical cross.
This work is part of a production of silver on the furnishings for Eucharistic and liturgical ceremonies that often became personal for the celebrant. Although they were carried out in full membership and granting of the council dictates, they became a display of wealth and magnificence churchlike. Huge sums were used for the embellishment of furnishings for the revival of the cult. We believe the work full expression of the Neapolitan Baroque.