La Lechuga

La Lechuga (English: The Lettuce) is a monstrance made between 1700 and 1707 by José de Galaz for the San Ignacio Church [es] of Bogotá, then part of the New Kingdom of Granada.

[2] Currently, La Lechuga is owned by the Bank of the Republic and is on permanent display at the Miguel Urrutia Art Museum in Bogotá, Colombia.

[4] The treasure is a prime example of the gold and silver eucharistic objects made for Catholic church altars in South America particularly in colonial times.

A thick garland of green enamelled vine leaves with amethyst grapes festoon twenty undulating rays, each terminating in a pearl.

[4] The whole circular schema is topped by an emerald cross and below is supported by an angelic "Atlas" figure in a tunic and flowing drapery of blue and green enamel.

[4] According to the current owners, La Lechuga is considered one of the "richest and most beautiful religious jewels"[5] in Spanish America, and is an example of how the "land of goldsmiths" interpreted the Baroque.