Last Judgement; Coronation of the Virgin

Object Name

Prayer Bead

Artist/Maker

Netherlandish

Object Type

Prayer Bead

Date

1500-1530

Medium

boxwood with metal fittings

Credit Line

The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Object Number

AGOID.29365

Location

AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, Vitrine

Institution/Owner

Art Gallery of Ontario

Dimensions

Overall Closed: 58.8mm × 61.1mm (5.9 × 6.1 cm)
Overall Open: 56.5mm × 56.5mm × 116.3mm (5.6 × 5.6 × 11.6 cm)

Description

Upper scene: Last Judgement; lower scene: The Coronation of the Virgin

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription

Carved Latin inscriptions:

Judex sapiens iudicabit p[o]p[u]l[u]m suu[m] et principatus sensati terribilis erit
[upper outer: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 10:1]

S[e]cu[ndum] ju[dicem] p[o]p[u]li sic et ministri ejus et qualis rector est civitatis tales inhabitantes in ea
[lower outer – Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 10:2]

In civitate D[omi]ni ibi sona[nt] jugiter organa S[an]ctor[um] ibi cynamonu[m] et balsamu[m] [et] odor suavissimus cantica eor[um]
[inner lower - antiphon for the Feast of All Saints]

Markings

Label on exterior, printed: 1473 [with undeciphered numeric annotation]

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. p. 4, 36, 44-45, 54, 55, back cover]

Provenance

Rothschild Collection, France. Purchased by Ken Thomson at the Blumka Gallery, New York, New York, 26 August, 1997; Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Previous Owner(s)

Rothschild Collection

Blumka Gallery

Subjects

Virgin Mary

Christianity

Last Judgement

Coronation of the Virgin