Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1520-1530
Medium
boxwood with metal fittings
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Object Number
AGOID.29363
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 34.7mm × 38.5mm (3.5 × 3.9 cm)
Overall Open: 34.7mm × 73.6mm (3.5 × 7.4 cm)
Overall Open: 34.7mm × 73.6mm (3.5 × 7.4 cm)
Description
Upper scene: Expulsion of the Money Changers from the Temple; lower scene: Entry into Jerusalem
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. 6-7, 40, 92, 93, back cover]
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1962-1968, cat. no. 28, illus. pp. 85-86; "Medieval and Renaissance Jewelry and Vessels of Rock Crystal and Other Semi-Precious Stones - The Melvin Gutman Collection, Part I." Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Thursday, 24 April, 1969, lot no. 16 (illus.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1962-1968, cat. no. 28, illus. pp. 85-86; "Medieval and Renaissance Jewelry and Vessels of Rock Crystal and Other Semi-Precious Stones - The Melvin Gutman Collection, Part I." Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Thursday, 24 April, 1969, lot no. 16 (illus.)
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 88
Exhibition History
Art Institute of Chicago, 1951-1962; The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1962-1968, cat. no. 28, illus. pp. 85-86
Provenance
Provenance
Jules S. Bache, New York, sold at Kende Galleries sale at Gimbel Brothers, April 19-21, 1945, (lot 459); Collection of Joseph Brummer, sold at Parke-Bernet sale, Part I, April 20-23, 1949 (lot 635); Collection of Melvin Gutman, sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 24, 1969, (lot 16); Ken Thomson; Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted