Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1490-1525
Medium
boxwood with silver casing
Credit Line
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Object Number
D166a
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Open (diameter) : 30mm (3 cm)
Description
Left scene: Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica; Right scene: Crucifixion with the Swoon of the Virgin and the Vera Icon
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:
Susceperunt autum Jesum et eduxerunt. Et bajulans sibi crucem, exivit im eum qui dicitur Calvarieae locum [John 19:17-18] [left half]
O crux ave, spes unica, Hoc passionis tempore, Auge piis justitiam, Reisque dona veniam [stanza 8 of Good Friday hymn, Vexilla Regis] [right half]
[source: Romanelli]
Susceperunt autum Jesum et eduxerunt. Et bajulans sibi crucem, exivit im eum qui dicitur Calvarieae locum [John 19:17-18] [left half]
O crux ave, spes unica, Hoc passionis tempore, Auge piis justitiam, Reisque dona veniam [stanza 8 of Good Friday hymn, Vexilla Regis] [right half]
[source: Romanelli]
Published References
Ellis, Lisa and Suda, Sasha (Eds). (2016). Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures, exhibition catalogue, 5 November 2016 - 22 January 2017. Toronto, ON: Art Gallery of Ontario. [7, 42, 46, 47, 90-91, back cover]
Harald Olsen, Aeldre Uden landsk Skulptur (Copenhagen: Statens Museum for Kunst, 1980) p. 38;
Harald Olsen, Aeldre Uden landsk Skulptur (Copenhagen: Statens Museum for Kunst, 1980) p. 38;
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 27
Provenance
Provenance
In Royal Cabinet of Curiosities in 1690; transferred to Nationalmuseet in 1867
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted