Genoa, Museum of the Treasury of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo: Processional ark of Corpus Christi. Embossed, chiseled, melted, gilded silver. It was commissioned by the Fathers of the Municipality in 1553 and finished in 1612; it is the work by Genoa, Flemish, German and Lombard silversmiths. In the central part: reliefs with scenes from the Passion of Christ, alternating with the figures of the Apostles. On the lid: Prophets, angels and four Sibyls. At the top: the small monstrance temple where the consecrated host is placed during the procession.Detail of a prophet.
