Prayer Bead ("Nut") in the Shape of the Head of the Virgin, Opens to Show Crucifixion

Description This prayer nut, possibly intended to function independently rather than as a pendant to a rosary, is carved, from one piece of wood, in the shape of the head of the Virgin Mary with scenes on the inside of the Crucifixion of Christ and the Carrying of the Cross. There is a nearly identical head in the Schnutgen Museum in Cologne which is described as Nuremberg, ca. 1510-20.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/12/1962	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

• Shrunken Treasures: Miniaturization in Books and Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009.
• Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures . Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. 2016-2017.

Provenance William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters