Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
early 16th century
Medium
boxwood, partial polychromy on outside
Credit Line
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Austria
Object Number
KK-4206
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Description
Polyptych: scenes from the Passion: Upper scene: Crucifixion and the Swoon of the Virgin, lower scene: Christ before Pilate; inner left wing: Carrying of the Cross, inner right wing: Descent from the Cross, Entombment; outer wings closed: Kiss of Judas
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:
AVGE PIIS IVST(A) (C)RVX TVE SPES VINCA HOC PASSIONIS TEMPORI [inner/upper]
NOS PILATVS. CONDEMPNAMIS. IHM. FLAGELLARI. IN. MONTE. CALVARIO. CRVCIFIGI [inner/lower]
ATTENDITE. ET. VIDE. SI. EST. DOLOR. SICVT. DOLOR. MEVS [outer/upper]
LEVEMVS CORDA NOSTRA CVM MANIBVS AT DOMINV [outer/lower]
(source: KHM website)
AVGE PIIS IVST(A) (C)RVX TVE SPES VINCA HOC PASSIONIS TEMPORI [inner/upper]
NOS PILATVS. CONDEMPNAMIS. IHM. FLAGELLARI. IN. MONTE. CALVARIO. CRVCIFIGI [inner/lower]
ATTENDITE. ET. VIDE. SI. EST. DOLOR. SICVT. DOLOR. MEVS [outer/upper]
LEVEMVS CORDA NOSTRA CVM MANIBVS AT DOMINV [outer/lower]
(source: KHM website)
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. [16, 26, 27, 96]
Manfred Leithe-Jasper and Rudolf Distelberger, Vienna: The Kunsthistorische Museum (London: Philip Wilson Publishers and Summerfield Press, 1982, p. 76)
Manfred Leithe-Jasper and Rudolf Distelberger, Vienna: The Kunsthistorische Museum (London: Philip Wilson Publishers and Summerfield Press, 1982, p. 76)
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 19
Provenance
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted