A & A spacer courtauld institute of art
login
quick search advanced search browse temp folder

Statuette; probably originally enclosed in a rosary pendant or fragment of a reliquary (Front)

Statuette; probably originally enclosed in a rosary pendant or fragment of a reliquary (Front)
enlarge image zoom image

Subject
Religious. Saints.

Repository Institution
www.gnm.de

To purchase an image
www.gnm.de


Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Inv. Pl.O. 378

Ivory

Height: 23mm

Martyrdom of saint Sebastian; tree.

Josephi 1910: 15th century.
Museum's opinion 2013: 2nd half of the 19th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of gilding and polychromy.

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Collection of Freiherr Hans von Aufseß; acquired in 1856 by the Museum.

Bibliography
W. Josephi, Kataloge des Germanischen Nationalmuseums Nürnberg. Die Werke plastischer Kunst (Nuremberg, 1910), no. 647.


Image

© Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

All images on this website are made available exclusively for scholarly and educational purposes and may not be used commercially.

spacer
spacer spacer spacer spacer
Please remember to acknowledge any use of the site in publications and lectures as: 'Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, www.gothicivories.courtauld.ac.uk', followed by the date you accessed the site.