Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
early 16th century
Medium
boxwood with silver suspension ring
Credit Line
Bergbau- und Gotikmuseum, Leogang, Austria
Object Number
EXH.111871
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 47mm × 43.9mm (4.7 × 4.4 cm)
Overall Open: 43.2mm × 43.2mm × 81.3mm (4.3 × 4.3 × 8.1 cm)
Overall Open: 43.2mm × 43.2mm × 81.3mm (4.3 × 4.3 × 8.1 cm)
Description
Upper scene: St. George between two blank heraldic shields, donor with an imperial crown (Emperor Maximilian?), donatrix with a book (Mary of Burgundy?); lower scene: a standing St. John with chalice flanked by the seated St. Catherine of Alexandria with a sword on the left and St. Barbara with a tower on the right
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
None
Published References
Charles Mannheim, Catalogue des objets d’art et de haute curiosités, antiques, du moyen-âge à la renaissance, composant l’importante et précieuse collection Spitzer, dont la vente publique aura lieu à Paris (Paris: Imprimerie de l’Art, 1893) no. 2138, Emile Molinier, Donation de M. le Baron Adolphe de Rothschild (Paris 1902, 23-26) no. 16
Provenance
Provenance
Sold from Frédéric Spitzer Collection, Paris1893
Previous Owner(s)
Frédéric Spitzer