Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Private collection
Object Number
AGO.118202
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 40.1mm × 45mm (4 × 4.5 cm)
Overall Open: 43.4mm × 43.4mm × 84.1mm (4.3 × 4.3 × 8.4 cm)
Overall Open: 43.4mm × 43.4mm × 84.1mm (4.3 × 4.3 × 8.4 cm)
Description
Upper capsule empty; lower capsule: Man of Sorrows: Christ sits on cold stone with arma christi, five heads in background
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved in Latin:
PVLCHRA ES ELECTA MEA VT SOL LVGENS [inner upper]
PRONTER PECCATA POPVLI PERGVSSVS EST INNOCENS [inner lower]
OMNIA BENE FESIT MERGI SEPTIM [outer upper]
OMNIA DAT DOMINVS NON HABET ERGOMINV [outer lower]
[translation:
O my chosen one, thou art beautiful in mourning, as the sun/For the sins of the people the innocent man was struck/Any good deeds pays 7 times/Anything God gave he didn't do for his own sake - source: Sotheby's]
PVLCHRA ES ELECTA MEA VT SOL LVGENS [inner upper]
PRONTER PECCATA POPVLI PERGVSSVS EST INNOCENS [inner lower]
OMNIA BENE FESIT MERGI SEPTIM [outer upper]
OMNIA DAT DOMINVS NON HABET ERGOMINV [outer lower]
[translation:
O my chosen one, thou art beautiful in mourning, as the sun/For the sins of the people the innocent man was struck/Any good deeds pays 7 times/Anything God gave he didn't do for his own sake - source: Sotheby's]
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. 6-7, 30, 31, 40, back cover]
NOTE: AGO.118202 is named "Prayer bead: The Man of Sorrows" in the catalogue for Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures.
NOTE: AGO.118202 is named "Prayer bead: The Man of Sorrows" in the catalogue for Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures.
Provenance
Provenance
In Progress
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted