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Paternoster Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet with Christ, a Young Woman, and Death

Flemish (?) (Artist)

French (?) (Artist)

1500-1530 (Renaissance)

ivory
(Renaissance Europe )

This pendant combines the heads of Christ, a young woman, and skull from which worms crawl, symbolizing Death. The carver's attention to lifelike detail extends to the minute row of teeth revealed by Christ's parted lips. the ivory is worn from the frequent stroking as the bead ran through the fingers of the Catholic user saying a prayer to Our Father (Paternoster).

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

2017	The Ivory Mirror: Death and Selfhood in Renaissance Art. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick.
2002	A Renaissance Gem Revealed: Petrarch's Triumphs Disbound. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1971-1972	World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
1/11/1962	Treatment	cleaned
11/19/1987	Treatment	examined for condition; cleaned

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Geographies

Belgium (Place of Origin) France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 2 × Diam: 1 13/16 in. (5.1 × 4.6 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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71.326

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Paternoster Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet with Christ, a Young Woman, and Death

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

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Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

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Paternoster Bead from a Rosary or Chaplet with Christ, a Young Woman, and Death

Provenance Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Exhibitions

Conservation

Geographies

Measurements

Credit Line

Location in Museum

Accession Number In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

Do you have additional information?

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.