Miniature Altarpiece

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1520-1530
Medium
boxwood; stamped leather case
Credit Line
Paris, Louvre Museum, Department of Decorative Arts
Object Number
OA 5612
Location
AGO, Gallery 137 Margaret Eaton Gallery
Institution/Owner

Dimensions

Overall Open: 192mm × 101.9mm × 14.2mm (19.2 × 10.2 × 1.4 cm)
Overall (Case): 210mm × 140mm (21 × 14 cm)

Description

Triptych with original Tree of Jesse case.
Upper corpus: Crucifixion with male donor at bottom left with bishop patron saint, female donor holding rosary at bottom right with St. Barbara.
Inner left wing: Carrying of the Cross; Outer left wing: Jesus at the Mount of Olives; Inner right wing: Descent from the Cross with Resurrection below; Outer right wing: Kiss of Judas.
Lower corpus: Nativity with Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background and Adoration of the Shepherds to the lower left; Lower inner left wing: Annunciation with Anne and Joachim at the Golden Gate in the background; Lower outer left wing: Holy Kinship; Lower inner right wing: Adoration of the Magi; Lower outer right wing: Anne, Joachim and Mary with a lamb.
Predella and frame of upper corpus: Tree of Jesse; four Evangelists form the feet

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
tooled on sides of case:

O MATER DEI MEMENTO \ MEI RIENS SANS PAIN

[source: Molinier 1902 p 26]
Markings
Two coats of arms under donor/owner figures: 1. de ... à une coquille de saint Jacques, au chef de ... chargé d'un lion issant de... ; 2. parti au 1 semblable aux armoires ci-dessus, décrites; au 2 de... à 5 chevrons de ... chargé d'une bande de ... - this partial description transcribed from Molinier 1902

Published References

Emile Molinier, Donation de M. le Baron Adolphe de Rothschild (Paris 1902, p. 25-26, no. 7)

Catalogue Raisonné

Romanelli 7

Provenance

Provenance
Lord Edward Fitzallan (1857); Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (1901)
Previous Owner(s)
Lord Edward Fitzallan
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild

Subjects

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