Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1520 (wood); 1550-1570 (silver)
Medium
boxwood, silver
Credit Line
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object Number
225-1866
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall Open: 89.6mm × 34.5mm (9 × 3.5 cm)
Description
A round relief of the Virgin and Child with St Anne. Below them are figures of a male and female donor at prayer desks, the man presented by St James the Greater, and the woman by St Michael. The relief is mounted in a silver miniature altar in the form of a triptych, with hinged semi-circular wings. The console is pierced with a quatrefoil diaper. The wings are decorated with foliate designs. The top has an escutcheon with the head of a cherub, topped by a figure of God the Father.
-from V&A site
NB Romanelli identifies the saints as Andrew and George, but the saint beside the woman definitely has wings, and the hat and staff of the other saint are attributes associated with James, not Andrew
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
None
Published References
Paul Williamson, Netherlandish Sculpture 1450-1550 (London: Victoria and Albert Museum , 2002), pp. 146-7, cat. no. 48
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 12
Provenance
Provenance
Le Charpentier, Paris, 1866 (Hotel Drouot, May 23, lot 11, 14 pounds)
Previous Owner(s)
Le Charpentier