Project Description
Reliquary
Treasury, Basilica of St. Mark, Venice
project
restoration of a reliquary
location
Treasury, Basilica of St. Mark, Venice
project director
Procuratoria di San Marco;
Ministry of Culture, Monuments and
Fine Arts Office of Venice
contractor
Corinna Mattiello, Venice
funding
Venetian Heritage
start date
July 2000
end date
October 2000
cost
€ 815,00
This silver reliquary with gold plated relief for saintly relics is one of the treasures of St. Mark’s. Decorating the sides of the reliquary are fourteen Saints of the Oriental Church depicted under a row of arches. Restoration, which was completed in 2000, involved the removal of surface tarnish and the repair of several broken parts.