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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR63.5479
Title
Implement Holder with Carved Scenes from the Passion
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
implement
Date
1626
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218032

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Boxwood with gilt silver
Dimensions
19.6 x 2.8 cm (7 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: 1626, below bands of figures, carved: WGW / 1626

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase in memory of Eda K. Loeb
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
BR63.5479
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
A thin gilt silver band wraps around the upper section. The holder is carved in vertical sections with scenes from the Passion. (cs, 12/08/05)

Publication History

  • Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), no. 56 pp. 103-104, repr. as pl. XLV

Exhibition History

  • German Sculpture, 1500 - 1960: A New Installation, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/05/1984 - 12/31/1984
  • German Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 01/21/1986 - 03/10/1986
  • Objects for a Kunstkammer: Early European Collecting, 1550-1700, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 12/10/2005 - 11/19/2006

Verification Level

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