Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1490-1530
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Object Number
WB.241
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall height: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Description
Oblong carving of boxwood; square with arched top:one face with Mass of St Gregory, with two acolytes officiating before altar, on which stands Christ with instruments of the Passion; two bishops to right, two priests to left; other face with Annunciation and two men counting beads before figure of Virgin and Child, patron saint on each side; part of larger carving.
source: British Museum website
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved on verso (Annunciation side) in Latin, gothic script, first line of Ave Maria prayer : ave gra plena
[source: British Museum website]
[source: British Museum website]
Published References
Charles Hercules Read, The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue of the works of art bequeathed to the British Museum by Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, 1898: 116, no. 241, plate XLIX; O.M. Dalton, 'The Waddesdon Bequest', 2nd edn (rev), British Museum, London, 1927, no.241
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 65
Provenance
Provenance
Baron Anselm Rothschild; Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, London; Acquired by British Museum in 1898
Previous Owner(s)
Baron Anselm Rothschild
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild