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Prayer Nut Pendant
(Renaissance Europe )
The wonder of the carving lies in the artist's ability to work on such an incredibly tiny scale. The inscription around the interior edge identifies the scenes as the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. |
| 1991-1993 | The Age of the Marvelous. Hood Museum of Art, Hanover; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston; High Museum of Art, Atlanta. |
Geographies
Belgium (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 7/8 × W: 1 15/16 × Hinge to clasp D: 2; Length when open: 3 7/8 in. (4.8 × 4.9 × 5.1 × 9.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
61.132