innar20 Posted January 5, 2019 Report Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) "F" The Nine Worthies OBJECT NAME - Initial ARTIST/MAKER - South Netherlandish OBJECT TYPE - Prayer Bead DATE - before 1524 MEDIUM - boxwood DESCRIPTION Interior has 10 rondels with representations of the Crucifixion and the Nine Worthies all on horseback, all with coats of arms except Hector 3 pagan worthies: Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar; 3 Jewish worthies: Joshua, King David, Judas Macabee; 3 Christian worthies: Charlemagne, King Arthur, Godefroy de Bouillon The F has been said to be that of Philibert le Beau, Margaret of Austria's second husband, but his name was never spelled with an F. The other hypothesis is that it belonged to François I, e.g., Sauzay, 1861. Names of Worthies carved in or above rondels with images reading left to right from top:AECTOR [Hector]ALESAND [Alexander the Great]IVDAS [Judas Maccabeus]ARTVS [King Arthur][middle]IVLIVS [Julius Caesar]IOSVE [Joshua]KAROLVS [Charlemagne][bottom]DAVID [King David]GODEFRIDVS [Godfrey of Bouillon] LOCATION - AGO, Gallery 135 Betty Ann & Fraser Elliott Gallery (Canada, Ontario?) Adoration of the Magi OBJECT NAME - Medallion ARTIST/MAKER - South Netherlandish DATE - 1500 - 1515 MEDIUM - boxwood CREDIT LINE - State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia DIMENSIONS - Medallion: 55.9mm × 4.5mm (5.6 × 0.5 cm) InscriptionCarved - Latin inscription around scene: Reges Tharsis et insule munera offerent reges Arabu et Saba dona adducent [Psalm 72:10] [source: Mesenzeva 1978] Location - State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (Not currently on display) Triptych ARTIST/MAKER - Flemish OBJECT TYPE - Ceremonial Artifacts DATE - c. 1500 MEDIUM - boxwood or possibly pear CREDIT LINE - Wallace Collection, London, United Kingdom DIMENSIONS - Overall (height): 438mm (43.8 cm) DESCRIPTION Triptych interior: corpus: Adoration of the Magi; Left wing: Nativity with Annunciation to the Shepherds in the background; Right wing: Presentation, Flight into Egypt, Massacre of the Innocents; Exterior: corpus: Abraham and the Angels; left wing: drunkenness of Noah, building the ark; Right wing: Jacob`s dream Column: Temptation, Expulsion, Adam Digging, Eve Spinning, Cain and Abel Base: Creation of the animals, Creation of Adam, Creation of Eve Inscription Carved Latin inscriptions: CRESCITE ET MVLTIPLICAM - [on base below creation of animals] FACIA[MVS] HO[M]I[N]E[M] AD [IMA]GINE[M] - [on base below creation of Adam] PER H[OMO] ADHEREB[IT] VXOR SV[AE] - [on base below creation of Eve] noe cum plantatasset vine[a]m bibens de vino in[e]briatus - [on outside of right shutter - Genesis 9:20-21] tres vidit et vnvm adoravit - [on the outside back] in bacvlo meo t[r]ansivi iordanem et cum tribus turmis refert - [on outside of left shutter] ET TV BETHLE[H]E[M] IVDA / NICLAES - [inside left shutter - Matthew 2:6] VIDEANTES STELLAM MAGI - [centre] TVAM IPSIVS A[N]I[M]AM PETRI - [inside right shutter] [source: Mann 1981] NICLAES [source: Wallace Collection site] More here To be continued ... Edited January 5, 2019 by innar20 . amazingkevin, RabidAlien, tgiro and 2 others 5 Quote
amazingkevin Posted January 6, 2019 Report Posted January 6, 2019 No cheating on this one! LarryEA 1 Quote
RabidAlien Posted January 6, 2019 Report Posted January 6, 2019 All done by hand. My fingers cramp just thinking about it, but part of me wishes I could travel back in time just to learn their secrets for sharpening knives! Cuz you know this guy's carving tools were razor!!!! Quote
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