Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood with metal fitting
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Object Number
AGOID.29362
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 32mm × 34.1mm (3.2 × 3.4 cm)
Overall Open: 63.5mm × 31.9mm × 31.9mm (6.4 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm)
Overall Open: 63.5mm × 31.9mm × 31.9mm (6.4 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm)
Description
Upper scene: Annunciation; lower scene: Nativity with Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscription in Renaissance capitals:
VIRGO HVMILIS VERBO VITAM DEDIT ATQVE SALVTEM [inner upper]
HIC MIRO MORE VIRGO PARIT ABSQVE DOLORE [inner lower]
[source: Molinier Pabst 1890-2]
VIRGO HVMILIS VERBO VITAM DEDIT ATQVE SALVTEM [inner upper]
HIC MIRO MORE VIRGO PARIT ABSQVE DOLORE [inner lower]
[source: Molinier Pabst 1890-2]
Markings
None
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. 39, 79, back cover]
Charles Mannheim, Catalogue des objets d’art et de haute curiosités, antiques, du moyen-âge à la renaissance, composant l’important et précieuse collection Spitzer, dont la vente publique aura lieu à Paris (Paris: Imprimerie de l’Art, 1893, 2139) Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris: Pays-Bas (Harlem: Joh. Enschedé et Fils, 1867) p. 70, item 314.
Charles Mannheim, Catalogue des objets d’art et de haute curiosités, antiques, du moyen-âge à la renaissance, composant l’important et précieuse collection Spitzer, dont la vente publique aura lieu à Paris (Paris: Imprimerie de l’Art, 1893, 2139) Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris: Pays-Bas (Harlem: Joh. Enschedé et Fils, 1867) p. 70, item 314.
Catalogue Raisonné
Mannheim 1893 no. 2139; Romanelli 84
Provenance
Provenance
Jos Jitta, 1867; Frédéric Spitzer, Paris 1893. Ken Thomson at Sotheby-Parke Bernet, Monaco, 24 June 1976, (lot 312); Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Previous Owner(s)
Frédéric Spitzer