Large rock crystal cross mounted in gilded silver and decora - Lot 10

Large rock crystal cross mounted in gilded silver and decorated with a cartouche containing a Saint Michael Milan, Saracchi (?) workshop, late 16th century H. 50 cm; W. 25 cm Comparative bibliography Maria Concetta di Natale et al, Splendori di Scicila. Arti décorative dal Rinascimento del Barocco, exhibition catalog: Albergo dei Poveri, Palermo 2000. Condition: good, base cracked and frame missing This cross can be compared with several other rock-crystal examples, such as the Holy Cross reliquary in the Chiesa del Gesù di Casa Professa, Palermo (cf. Concetta di Natale, pp. 393-395, no. 57a), or crucifixes: the one in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Geistliche Schatzkammer, Vienna (inv. GS E 43), attributed to the Saracchi workshop; that of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 41.100.31), whose base is also attributed to the Saracchi workshop; or that of the Detroit Institute of Arts (inv. 2004.28), attributed to the Miseroni workshop (formerly to the Saracchi workshop by Galerie J. Kugel, cf. Joyaux Renaissance. Une splendeur retrouvée, Paris, 2000, no. 25).