Rosary bead
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- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Dirksz, Adam (workshop of, possibly, maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] Carved boxwood
- Credit Line:
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- Gallery location:
Sculpture, room 111, case 9
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Carved with scenes from the life of St. Jerome and originally one of a set of beads in a rosary. Though part of a devotional object, the virtuoso carving of this bead suggests that is was a luxury product, similar to a high quality Book of Hours, made for a wealthy patron. Other beads from the same workshop have coats of arms used by various aristocratic families in the South Netherlands and abroad, among them Henry VIII of England.
Physical description
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] Exterior carved carved in openwork with Gothic tracery. Inscription. The interior is carved with some scenes. On one half, St Jerome as a cardinal, St. Jerome and the lion and in the background merchants. Inscription. On the other half: St Jerome in the wilderness kneeling before a Crucifix, in front of him his lion and behind him his cardinal's robes. In the background a castle amid trees. Around the border an inscription.
Place of Origin
Flemish, Belgium (made)
Date
ca. 1510-1520 (made)
Artist/maker
Dirksz, Adam (workshop of, possibly, maker)
Materials and Techniques
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] Carved boxwood
Marks and inscriptions
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] 'O MATER DEI MEMENTO MEI . DOMINE IHESU CRISTE ACCIPE SPIU MEUM'
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] 'VICIT . LEO . DE . TRIBV . IVDA + LEO . RVGIET . QVIS . NON . TIMEBIT'
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] 'GLORIA . PATRI . ET . FILIO . ET . SPRITVI . SANCTO . SICVT . ERAT . I . PRINCIPIO+'
Dimensions
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] Diameter: 4.9 cm bottom half, Diameter: 4.44 cm top half
[Case] Height: 2.875 in
Object history note
[Rosary bead scenes from the life of St. Jerome] From the Salting bequest.
Descriptive line
Rosary bead with a case, depicting scenes from the Life of St. Jerome, possibly from the workshop of Adam Dirksz, made in Brabant ca. 1510-1520
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 87
Williamson, Paul. Netherlandish Sculpture 1450-1550. London, 2002. pp. 144-5, ill., cat.no. 47
Exhibition History
Art and the Senses (Henry Moore Institute, Leeds 10/05/1999-27/06/1999)
Materials
Boxwood
Subjects depicted
Tree; Lion; Cross; Castle; Saint; Jerome (Saint); Monk; Merchant; Cardinal
Categories
Sculpture; Christianity; Accessories
Collection code
SCP
