Object Name
Artist/Maker
Object Type
Date
1500-1530
Medium
boxwood
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Object Number
AGOID.29359
Location
AGO, Gallery 108 Thomson European, Floor, East Display Table
Institution/Owner
Dimensions
Outside: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Overall Closed: 19mm (1.9 cm)
Overall Closed: 19mm (1.9 cm)
Description
half of a prayer bead: The Vision of Saint Hubert - while out hunting, St. Hubert sees a stag with a crucifix in its antlers
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Inscription
Carved Latin inscription:
ISTE ROMO PERFECIT OMNIA QVE LOQUUTUS EST EI DEVS
ISTE ROMO PERFECIT OMNIA QVE LOQUUTUS EST EI DEVS
Markings
Paper label on verso: AC 175
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. [front cover, p. 49, 80]
Provenance
Provenance
Purchased by Ken Thomson from Hermann Baer, London, 9 July, 1974; Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Previous Owner(s)
Unsorted