CurrentGroup Exhibition
The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
Alexandre Paynet, Antonio de Laurentiis
March 15, 2026 - June 28, 2026
About the Exhibition
This extraordinary exhibition showcases more than sixty objects in silver, gold, enamel, and precious jewels, given by European monarchs and rulers to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, a site of Christian devotion and pilgrimage, where they have been used in religious ceremonies for centuries. Including dazzling reliquaries, crosses, candlesticks, chalices, and vestments representing the height of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century craftsmanship, many of these objects have no equivalent anywhere else in the world.
Curator
George Shackelford
Tags
religious treasuresdecorative artsliturgical objectsvestmentsEuropean craftsmanship17th-18th centuryecclesiastical objectsprecious metalsgem-encrusted items