NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 invite you to marvel at an opulent collection of gold, silver, and jewel pieces dating back to the 17th century at the Kimbell Art Museum. The precious objects that belonged to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem will be on display at the Kimbell in Fort Worth from March 15 – June 28.
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is a holy site of Christian devotion and pilgrimage first built by Emperor Constantine in the fourth century and believed to be the site of Jesus of Nazareth’s death, burial, and resurrection. The Custodia was established in the Middle Ages by the Franciscan order and charged with safeguarding Christian Holy Sites in the Middle East. Over the years, Catholic European rulers gifted opulent objects to the Custodia, including to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
The pieces included in the collection are a testament of the precision in its detailed craftmanship. Some of the masterpieces include a set of pontifical vestments sent by France’s King Louis XIII in 1621 and made of red silk, gold, and silver thread; the Throne of Eucharistic Exposition from King Philip IV of Spain in April 1666 made of silver, gilt silver, gilt copper, glass, and precious and semiprecious stones; gifts from Emperor Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire in 1730 that included a gilt silver ewer and basin; a gold sanctuary lamp from Portugal’s King Joseph I that was originally commissioned by King John V; and pontifical vestments made of crimson silk velvet, gold and silver thread, and semiprecious stones from the Republics of Venice and Genoa at the end of the 17th century…