Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood with metal fittings
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Object Number
AGOID.29360
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall Closed: 40.1mm × 50.3mm (4 × 5 cm)
Overall Open: 105.1mm × 48.2mm (10.5 × 4.8 cm)
Overall Open: 105.1mm × 48.2mm (10.5 × 4.8 cm)
Description
Upper scene: St. Jerome as a hermit in the wilderness with the lion - in the background is an earlier event: St. Jerome as a cardinal removes a thorn from the lion's paw ; lower scene: St. Jerome as a cardinal blesses supplicants
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscriptions:
LEO RVGIET QVIS NON TIMEBIT amos∙z˚ [upper inner]
RVPERVT VINCVLA IDCIRCO PERCVSSIT EOS LEO DE SILVA [lower inner]
GLORIA PATRI ET FILIO ET SPIRITVI SANCTO [upper outer]
SVSCEPPVT’ MESICVT LEO PARATVS AD PREDAM [lower outer]
LEO RVGIET QVIS NON TIMEBIT amos∙z˚ [upper inner]
RVPERVT VINCVLA IDCIRCO PERCVSSIT EOS LEO DE SILVA [lower inner]
GLORIA PATRI ET FILIO ET SPIRITVI SANCTO [upper outer]
SVSCEPPVT’ MESICVT LEO PARATVS AD PREDAM [lower outer]
Markings
White self-adhesive label: AC 181
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. [12, 18-19, 41, 50-51, 81, back cover]
"Medieval Works of Art, including Gothic Sculpture and Renaissance Bronzes." Sotheby's, London, Thursday, 10 July, 1975, lot no. 13 (illus.); "The Times", Friday, 11 July, 1975; Keeble, Corey, "Treasures of a Collector: European Works of Art 1100-1800 from the Thomson Collection." Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Bulletin, Vol. 16, nos. 1 & 2 (Winter/Spring 1998): 6-7.
"Medieval Works of Art, including Gothic Sculpture and Renaissance Bronzes." Sotheby's, London, Thursday, 10 July, 1975, lot no. 13 (illus.); "The Times", Friday, 11 July, 1975; Keeble, Corey, "Treasures of a Collector: European Works of Art 1100-1800 from the Thomson Collection." Canadian Society of Decorative Arts Bulletin, Vol. 16, nos. 1 & 2 (Winter/Spring 1998): 6-7.
Provenance
Provenance
Purchase by Ken Thomson at Sotheby's, London, 10 July, 1975 (lot 25); Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted