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
Institution/Owner
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]
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