Prayer Bead with the Crucifixion and Jesus Carrying the Cross

early 16th century

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Along with texts from Hebrew Scripture, the Gospel of Matthew, and the liturgy of the Adoration of the Cross, this bead bears the inscription "ADAM THEODORICI ME FECIT." This may well be the name of the artist who made it—the only clue to authorship among the more than 130 surviving miniature boxwood carvings. Scholars generally render the name in Dutch as Adam Dircksz; the Latin might be understood in English as "Adam of Theodoric."

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Prayer Bead with the Crucifixion and Jesus Carrying the Cross
Date: early 16th century
Culture: Netherlandish
Medium: Boxwood
Dimensions: Diam.: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Miniature-Wood
Credit Line: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (KMS 5552)
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters