Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
c. 1500
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Object Number
265-1874
Location
Not currently on display
Institution/Owner
External Link
Dimensions
Overall Open: 82.7mm × 39.3mm (8.3 × 3.9 cm)
Overall Closed: 34.2mm × 43.2mm (3.4 × 4.3 cm)
Overall Closed: 34.2mm × 43.2mm (3.4 × 4.3 cm)
Description
Upper scene: A seated St. John the Evangelist holds a banderole, his symbol, the eagle, stands beside him; Lower scene: Man of Sorrows
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved on banderole held by St. John in upper scene:
In p[ri]n[cipi]o e[r]at v[er]bvm
[source: Williamson 2002]
In p[ri]n[cipi]o e[r]at v[er]bvm
[source: Williamson 2002]
Published References
List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington, Acquired During the Year 1874, Arranged According to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. p. 20.; Kurt Dingelstedt, “Betnuss” Reallexikon zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte I Edited by Otto Schmitt (Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 1948) 373.; Paul Williamson, Netherlandish Sculpture 1450-1550. London, 2002. pp. 140-141. cat. no. 45
Catalogue Raisonné
Romanelli 36
Provenance
Provenance
John Webb, London and Cannes; acquired by Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1874 for 20 pounds
Previous Owner(s)
John Webb