id:			137119
accession number:	1961.87
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.87
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:51.268000

Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater, c. 1500–1530. Adam Dircksz (Netherlandish, active c. 1500), and Workshop. Boxwood; overall: 5.8 x 4.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.87

title:				Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater
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creation date:			c. 1500–1530
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1530
current location:		112 Northern Renaissance
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Northern Netherlands (Holland)
technique:	boxwood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Gothic
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Adam Dircksz (Netherlandish, active c. 1500)  - artist

* Workshop 

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measurements: Overall: 5.8 x 4.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Interior around lower half: SANCTVS SACRILEGI STAT IVDICIS ANTE TRIBVNAL (Holiness stands before the throne of the profane judge)
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	inscription:	Interior, around upper half: GAVDENS PRO CRISTO IACOBVS SVBDIT CAPVT ENSI (St James submits his head to the sword)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures
	opening date:   2016-11-05T04:00:00
	<i>Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures</i>. Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario M5T 1G4, Canada (organizer) (November 5, 2016-January 22, 2017); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 15-May 15, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Scholten, Frits, ed., <em>Small Wonders: Late-Gothic Boxwood Micro-Carvings from the Low Countries. </em>Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum Publications Department,<em> 2016.</em>
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [29] fig. 16; pp. [230-231], cat. 34; Mentioned: p 28, 617, 636
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IMAGES

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