Enrique de Arfe

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Figure 165: Custodia of goldwork, silverwork, and enamel work (1515-23), by Enrique de Arfe. In the Toledo Cathedral, Spain. Height 2.50 m.

Enrique de Arfe

Spanish goldsmith

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metalwork
16th century
…New World, goldsmiths such as Enrique and Juan de Arfe produced vast containers for the Host known as custodia. The most important Portuguese work, the Belém monstrance, created by Gil Vicente in 1506 for Belém Monastery near Lisbon, is still Gothic in style; later, Portugal developed its own style, related…
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…New World, goldsmiths such as Enrique and Juan de Arfe produced vast containers for the Host known as custodia. The most important Portuguese work, the Belém monstrance, created by Gil Vicente in 1506 for Belém Monastery near Lisbon, is still Gothic in style; later, Portugal developed its own style, related…
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