Crozier
Naples
Crozier, 1756
Gold, glass, precious and semi-precious stones
77 15/16 × 6 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (198 × 15.5 × 11 cm)
Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem
© The Frick Collection
The Commissariat of Naples sent this glorious crozier, together with the gold and lapis lazuli crucifix, to the Holy Sepulcher in June 1757. It is meant for use by the Custos. The four statuettes represent three Franciscan saints—Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, and Louis of Anjou—and Januarius, the patron saint of Naples. In the context of Neapolitan goldsmith work, this crozier is unparalleled by any other similar, surviving works of art.