GONZALEZ. Sacred objects for the liturgy. Drawings. GONZALEZ, Concordio. Sacred objects for the liturgy. Drawings. 1832 - 1896 6 Sheets of different sizes, from mm. 360x224 in mm. 260x160. Black ink pen on light brown paper. Four sheets are signed. Good condition. Six preparatory studies for the creation of sacred objects in silver: six furnishings for the liturgy are designed with great attention to detail and ornamentation. The objects are: a monstrance, a chalice with handle details, a pyx, a palm with a winged snake, a candelabrum, a reliquary. The Spanish artist Concordio Gonzales was a silversmith specializing in church and liturgical works.

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