Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
16th century
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, USA. Purchased through the Gift of James Junius Goodwin
Object Number
1953.259
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall Open: 260.4mm × 25.4mm (26 × 2.5 cm)
Overall Closed (each bead): 31.8mm × 29.3mm × 11.1mm (3.2 × 2.9 × 1.1 cm)
Overall Closed (each bead): 31.8mm × 29.3mm × 11.1mm (3.2 × 2.9 × 1.1 cm)
Description
Partial decade rosary with three scenes from the Life of Christ on each bead, including Bead 1: Annunciation; Bead 2: Flight into Egypt; Bead 3: Noli Me Tangere; Bead 4: Crucifixion; Bead 5: Pietà; the Virgin and Child are carved in relief on the ring
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Latin inscription carved around ring:
O MATER DEI MEMENTO MEI
[Source: Wencke 1898]
O MATER DEI MEMENTO MEI
[Source: Wencke 1898]
Published References
Katalog ausgewählter, hervorragender Kunstsachen und Antiquitäten aus der Sammlung des Hernn Heinrich Wencke, Hamburg (…) Versteigerung zu Köln den 27. und 28. October 1898 ... durch J.M. Herberle (H. Lempertz' Söhne), lot no. 217
Provenance
Provenance
Heinrich Wencke, Hamburg (sold 1898)
Previous Owner(s)
Heinrich Wencke