Peapod with Ten Biblical Scenes

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
c. 1500
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Staaliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum
Object Number
F2497
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner

Dimensions

Overall Open: 100mm (10 cm)

Description

Peapod with ten scenes from Genesis, the Infancy, the Passion:
On left side: Creation of Adam; Crucifixion, Creation of Eve, Resurrection, Original Sin
On right side: Annunciation; Temptation; Nativity; Expulsion; Flight into Egypt

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
None

Published References

Katalog ausgewählter, hervorragender Kunstsachen und Antiquitäten aus der Sammlung des Hernn Heinrich Wencke, Hamburg (…) Versteigerung zu Köln den 27. und 28. October 1898 ... durch J.M. Herberle (H. Lempertz' Söhne), lot no. 226

Provenance

Provenance
Heinrich Wencke collection, Hamburg (sold 1898)
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted

Subjects

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