Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1490-1530
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland
Object Number
7.14.67
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Description
Interior upper: Crucifixion with Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac in the background; interior lower: Brazen Serpent
Faceted exterior with scenes: two prophets or an apostle and prophet; Jezebel and Elijah; Christ before Pilate; Joab stabs Abner in the back; Betrayal of Judas; Isaac and Abraham; Woman of Sarepheta; Carrying of the Cross
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions around central images
C[H]RISTVS PASSVS EST PROPTER INIQVITATES NOSTRAS [upper: Isaiah 53:5]
SICVT SERPE[N]S EXALTA[VI]T EIHEREMO ITA OPORTE[T] EXALTARI FILI[UM HOMINIS] [lower: John 3:14]
[souce: Wetter 2011]
C[H]RISTVS PASSVS EST PROPTER INIQVITATES NOSTRAS [upper: Isaiah 53:5]
SICVT SERPE[N]S EXALTA[VI]T EIHEREMO ITA OPORTE[T] EXALTARI FILI[UM HOMINIS] [lower: John 3:14]
[souce: Wetter 2011]
Published References
Evelin Wetter, Zwei spätmittelalterliche Betnüsse aus den südlichen Niederlanden (Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2011)
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 30
Provenance
Provenance
Acquired from Leopold Blumka, 1959
Previous Owner(s)
Leopold Blumka