Nativity; Adoration of the Magi

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
c. 1500
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Private collection, The Netherlands
Object Number
EXH.115230
Location
Not currently on display

Dimensions

Overall (diameter): 45mm (4.5 cm)

Description

Upper scene: Nativity; lower scene: Adoration of the Magi

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:

ECCE VIRGO CONCIPIET ET PARIET FILIVM Isaye 7 [inner upper]

INVENIETIS INFANTEM PANNIS INVOLVTVM [outer upper]

REGES THARSIS ET INSVLE MVNERA OFFERENT REG [inner lower]

REGINA AVDITA FAMA SALOMONIS VENIT [outer lower]

[source: Rijksmuseum]

Published References

Jaap Leeuwenberg, De gebedsnoot van Eewert Jansz van Bleiswick en andere werken van Adam Dirksz (Ghent: Miscellanea Jozef Duverger, Bijdragen tot de Kunstgeschiedenis der Nederlanden II, 1968, p. 614 (note 2); Scholten 2011a, pp. 338, 339, fig. 25; Scholten 2011c, pp. 18, 19

Provenance

Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted

Subjects

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