Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
early 16th century
Medium
wood, steel, silver with leather case
Credit Line
Paris, Louvre Museum, Department of Decorative Arts
Object Number
OA 5611
Location
AGO, Gallery 137 Margaret Eaton Gallery
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
(Handle): 43.8mm × 35mm × 110.9mm (4.4 × 3.5 × 11.1 cm)
Overall (Knife): 57.4mm × 35mm × 445mm (5.7 × 3.5 × 44.5 cm)
Overall (Knife): 57.4mm × 35mm × 445mm (5.7 × 3.5 × 44.5 cm)
Description
Jesse tree (2 sides parallel to blade); Annunciation above; Expulsion below: (broad face 1); Last Supper above; Abraham & Melchisedek below (broad face 2); Arrest of Christ above; Joab and Amasa (?) below (broad face 3); Crucifixion above; Brazen Serpent below (broad face 4); Annunciation to the Shepherds; Nativity (blade)
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Dutch inscription in Gothic letters on either side of knife handle:
Blyt is sonder verganc/
Ghet ov min leven lanc.
[source: Molinier 1902, no. 61]
Blyt is sonder verganc/
Ghet ov min leven lanc.
[source: Molinier 1902, no. 61]
Published References
Emile Molinier, Donation de M. le Baron Adolphe de Rothschild (Paris 1902, 25, no. 61)
Provenance
Provenance
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (1901)
Previous Owner(s)
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild