Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
c. 1510-1520
Medium
boxwood in gilded silver case
Credit Line
Rijksmuseum. Purchased with the support of the Ebus Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
Object Number
BK-2010-16-1
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 50.3mm × 48.5mm (5 × 4.8 cm)
Bottom half diameter 37.41 x top half diameter 37.54
Bottom half diameter 37.41 x top half diameter 37.54
Description
Upper scene: Nativity with Moses in the Burning Bush, Augustus and the Tiburtine sibyl, Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background; Lower scene: Adoration of the Magi
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
engraved inscriptions in Dutch in Gothic miniscule on banderoles around the figures on the silver casing:
SOKET * VAER*/GHI * VILT * HIER* VINDET/* IN 8 D ARDE/* IN * VUER*/* IN * VATER/INDEN* LUCHT/
[source: Scholten 2011, p. 336]
SOKET * VAER*/GHI * VILT * HIER* VINDET/* IN 8 D ARDE/* IN * VUER*/* IN * VATER/INDEN* LUCHT/
[source: Scholten 2011, p. 336]
Published References
Frits Scholten, A Prayer Nut in a Silver Housing by `Adam Dirckz’ (Amsterdam: The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, vol. 4, 2011, pp 322-347)
Provenance
Provenance
Purchased from Dutch private collection in 2010
Previous Owner(s)
Private Collection