The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Chalice

1732
made by

Antonio Lopez

(Spanish)
Spain, 18th century
silver gilt
Overall: 29.7 x 15.9 cm (11 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1966.15
Location: 101B Prints & Drawings

Description

To make this chalice, Antonio Lopez probably worked from a drawn or printed design. The vessel features seraphim, the highest order of angels, interspersed with scrolling vignettes of scenes from Christ’s suffering and death. The etched “Sobrado” on the base suggests that the chalice may have once been used to celebrate Catholic Mass at the Cistercian abbey church of Sobrado in northwest Spain.
  • Monastery of Sobrado (probably). (Blumka Gallery, New York).
  • In Vino Veritas (In Wine, Truth). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 7, 2025-January 11, 2026).
    All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
  • {{cite web|title=Chalice|url=false|author=Antonio Lopez|year=1732|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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