Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
19th century (?)
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Location and collection unknown
Object Number
EXH.111988
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Overall (diameter): 53mm (5.3 cm)
Description
Upper scene: St. Jerome in his Study; Lower scene: St. Jerome in the Desert with the lion
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Latin inscriptions carved around scenes:
Leo rugiet, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit? [inner upper - source: Amos 3:8]
[source: Romanelli]
NB lower inscription cannot be deciphered from sales catalogue photograph
Leo rugiet, quis non timebit? Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit? [inner upper - source: Amos 3:8]
[source: Romanelli]
NB lower inscription cannot be deciphered from sales catalogue photograph
Published References
Burlington Magazine, 1975: XLIV, ill.
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 83
Provenance
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted