Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
early 16th century
Medium
boxwood with silver hinge and suspension ring
Credit Line
Location and collection unknown, formerly in the Bourgeois Frères Collection, Cologne, Germany
Object Number
EXH.111877
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Open (diameter): 39mm (3.9 cm)
Description
Upper scene: Crucifixion; lower scene; Carrying of the Cross; on the outside are four medallions with heraldic lions holding an empty escutcheon
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved in Latin around upper scene in Gothic letters:
D[omi]NE IH[es]V CHR[ist]E ACCIPE SP[iri]TV[m] MEV[m]
[source: Molinier & Pabst, 1891]
D[omi]NE IH[es]V CHR[ist]E ACCIPE SP[iri]TV[m] MEV[m]
[source: Molinier & Pabst, 1891]
Published References
Emile Molinier and Arthur Pabst, “Les sculpture en buis et pierre de Munich” La Collection Spitzer III (Paris: Maison Quantin, 1891) no. 18; Charles Mannheim, Catalogue des objets d’art et de haute curiosités, antiques, du moyen-âge à la renaissance, composant l’importante et précieuse collection Spitzer, dont la vente publique aura lieu à Paris (Paris: Imprimerie de l’Art, 1893) no. 2140; Bourgeois Frères sale 1904, lot 1106.
Provenance
Provenance
Sold from Frédéric Spitzer Collection, Paris1893. Bourgeois Frères Collection, Cologne.
Previous Owner(s)
Frédéric Spitzer
Bourgeois Frères Collection