Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1515
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Object Number
H.CK.1557
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Medallion: 55.9mm × 4.5mm (5.6 × 0.5 cm)
Description
Adoration of the Magi
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscription around scene:
Reges Tharsis et insule munera offerent reges Arabu et Saba dona adducent [Psalm 72:10]
[source: Mesenzeva 1978]
Reges Tharsis et insule munera offerent reges Arabu et Saba dona adducent [Psalm 72:10]
[source: Mesenzeva 1978]
Published References
Charmian A. Mesenzeva, Spätgotische Miniaturschnitzereien (Pantheon Jan-March 1978) pp 31-35; Hermitage 1988, 96, 96.
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 58
Provenance
Provenance
Museum of the Imperial Society for the Advancement of Arts, St. Petersburg; entered the Hermitage 1919
Previous Owner(s)
Museum of the Imperial Society for the Advancement of Arts, Russia