Resumen de Un reliquiario d'argento e la fortuna di François du Quesnoy
The unpublished reliquary bust of Saint Anatolia now housed in the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Gerano bears two marks that enable it to be dated to 1742 and attributed to Bartolomeo Boroni (1703-1787), a successful silversmith active in Rome. As he did on other occasions, it appears the artist here made use of a model by the sculptor François du Quesnoy (1597-1643). The base of the reliquary in gilt copper was probably made in 1787 to contain a second relic acquired in that year by the church of Santa Anatolia in Gerano, to which the bust of the saint originally belonged.
