Prayer Nut with Christ Seated Surrounded by the Instruments of the Passions

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Private collection
Object Number
AGO.118202
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner

Dimensions

Overall Closed: 40.1mm × 45mm (4 × 4.5 cm)
Overall Open: 43.4mm × 43.4mm × 84.1mm (4.3 × 4.3 × 8.4 cm)

Description

Upper capsule empty; lower capsule: Man of Sorrows: Christ sits on cold stone with arma christi, five heads in background

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Carved in Latin:

PVLCHRA ES ELECTA MEA VT SOL LVGENS [inner upper]

PRONTER PECCATA POPVLI PERGVSSVS EST INNOCENS [inner lower]

OMNIA BENE FESIT MERGI SEPTIM [outer upper]

OMNIA DAT DOMINVS NON HABET ERGOMINV [outer lower]

[translation:
O my chosen one, thou art beautiful in mourning, as the sun/For the sins of the people the innocent man was struck/Any good deeds pays 7 times/Anything God gave he didn't do for his own sake - source: Sotheby's]

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. [p. 6-7, 30, 31, 40, back cover]

NOTE: AGO.118202 is named "Prayer bead: The Man of Sorrows" in the catalogue for Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures.

Provenance

Provenance
In Progress
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted

Subjects

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