File:Clevelandart 1961.87.jpg
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Summary
Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater
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| Artist |
Adam Dircksz |
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| Title |
Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater |
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| Description |
Prayer nuts or "paternosters" are generally made from boxwood and carved with extreme refinement and delicacy with openwork Gothic tracery. They came into fashion as private devotional accessories in the Netherlands in about 1500 to 1530. About 50 prayer nuts are still known to survive. |
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| Date | 1500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Boxwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 5.8 x 4.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medieval Art |
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| Accession number |
1961.87 |
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| Place of creation | Northern Netherlands (Holland) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.87 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 14:08, 21 January 2019 | | 2,550 × 3,400 (1.42 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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