Miniature Altarpiece: Crucifixion

Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
early 16th century
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Object Number
71
Location
Not currently on display

Dimensions

Overall Closed: 82.6mm × 41.5mm × 197.7mm × 37.6mm (8.3 × 4.2 × 19.8 × 3.8 cm)

Description

Upper triptych: Crucifixion; Left wing: Carrying of the Cross; Right wing: Deposition and Entombment
Lower triptych: Flight into Egypt; Left wing: Presentation in the Temple; Right wing: Christ in the Temple; Socle: Circumcision

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Carved Latin inscription under scene of Crucifixion:

CHRISTVS PASSVS EST PRO NOBIS [Peter 2:21]

[source: Mesenzeva 1978]

Published References

Charmian A. Mesenzeva, Spätgotische Miniaturschnitzereien (Pantheon Jan-March 1978) pp 31-35; Hermitage 1988, 84, 85

Catalogue Raisonné

Romanelli 67

Provenance

Provenance
Alexei P. Basilewsky, Leningrad, Russia/Paris; entered the Hermitage 1885
Previous Owner(s)
Alexei P. Basilewsky

Subjects

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