Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood with metal fitting
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Object Number
AGOID.29458
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 54.9mm × 63.6mm (5.5 × 6.4 cm)
Overall Open: 59.5mm × 59.5mm × 121.7mm (5.9 × 5.9 × 12.2 cm)
Overall Open: 59.5mm × 59.5mm × 121.7mm (5.9 × 5.9 × 12.2 cm)
Description
Upper scene: The Queen of Sheba Visiting King Solomon; lower scene: Adoration of the Magi
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:
Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent. [inner/lower - Psalms 71:10]
Videntes autem stellam gavisi sunt gaudio magno valde. Et intrantes domum invenerunt puerum cum Maria matre ejus et procidents adoraverunt eum; et apertis thesauris suis obtulerunt et munera aurum thus et myrrham. [outer/lower - Matthew 2:10-11]
Sed et regina Saba, audita fama Salomonis in nomine Domini venit tentare eum in aenigmatibus. Et ingressa Jerusalem [inner/upper]
multo cum comitatu et divitiis camelis portantibus aromata et aurum infinitum nimis et gemmas pretiosas venit ad regem Salomonem, et locuta est ei universa quae habebat in corde suo. [outer/upper - Kings 10:1-2]
[source: Romanelli]
Reges Tharsis et insulae munera offerent reges Arabum et Saba dona adducent. [inner/lower - Psalms 71:10]
Videntes autem stellam gavisi sunt gaudio magno valde. Et intrantes domum invenerunt puerum cum Maria matre ejus et procidents adoraverunt eum; et apertis thesauris suis obtulerunt et munera aurum thus et myrrham. [outer/lower - Matthew 2:10-11]
Sed et regina Saba, audita fama Salomonis in nomine Domini venit tentare eum in aenigmatibus. Et ingressa Jerusalem [inner/upper]
multo cum comitatu et divitiis camelis portantibus aromata et aurum infinitum nimis et gemmas pretiosas venit ad regem Salomonem, et locuta est ei universa quae habebat in corde suo. [outer/upper - Kings 10:1-2]
[source: Romanelli]
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. 48, 89, 100-101, back cover]
Ad Jansen, Art Chrétien jusqu’à la fin du moyen âge (Brussels, Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 1964)
Ad Jansen, Art Chrétien jusqu’à la fin du moyen âge (Brussels, Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, 1964)
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 40
Provenance
Provenance
Musée du Cinquantenaire by 1943. Purchased at auction in Switzerland by Blumka Gallery; Purchased by Ken Thomson at the Blumka Gallery, New York, 26 November, 1997; Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Previous Owner(s)
Cinquantenaire Museum
Blumka Gallery