Carrying of the Cross

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Object Number
AGOID.107464
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner

Dimensions

Overall Open: 2217mm × 873mm × 545mm (221.7 × 87.3 × 54.5 cm) [max H x max W by max D]

Description

Roundel from a triptych: Carrying of the Cross

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
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. 97]

Emile Molinier & Arthur Pabst “Les sculpture en buis et pierre de Munich” La Collection Spitzer III (Paris: Maison Quantin, 1891), no. 2; 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), cat. 2124; Charmian A. Mesenzeva, Spätgotische Miniaturschnitzereien (Pantheon Jan-March 1978) p 33.

Catalogue Raisonné

Romanelli 73

Provenance

Provenance
Sold from Frédéric Spitzer Collection, Paris1893 (cat. 2124). Purchased by Ken Thomson at Christie's, New York, 27 September 2007 (lot 321); Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Previous Owner(s)
Frédéric Spitzer

Subjects

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