Title

Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, British, ca. 1173-80.

Caption

Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, British, ca. 1173-80. Creator: Unknown.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20B01_323

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,9Mb (3,1Mb) / 16,5in x 13,8in / 4960 x 4154 (300dpi)

Keywords

close up people male man men religious religion law box guy crime British museum color decoration decorative boxes Britain knight murder metalwork artefact close-up artifact slaughter Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art casket martyr reliquary martyrdom murdering niello slaughtering St Thomas Becket Thomas object Unknown Thomas St Saint Saint Thomas Becket Becket St Thomas Thomas Becket Thomas a Becket St Thomas a Becket narrative St Thomas of Canterbury chasse Heritage Art silver Gilded silver with niello and a glass cabochon set over a tinted foil