Cross – Vilnius (?), 1530-1539; crystal parts – Venice, c. 1300; base – Vilnius, after 1836

Count Albertas Goštautas of Geranainys left this cross with relics of St. Eustachius to Vilnius Cathedral in his will. The person who crafted the reliquary was an excellent Renaissance-era artist. The crystal cross and large gemstones below it are thought to be older; works of similar form, following Byzantine jeweller’s art specimens, were made in Venice in the second half of the 13th century. In the center of the reliquary there is a structure that joins the crystal bars and a gilded silver image of Crucified Christ. The metal crosspieces are decorated with a Renaissance vine motif and, following the fashion of the time, with the images of Roman emperors.