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Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater, c. 1500-1530. Creator: Adam Dircksz (Netherlandish, active c. 1500); Workshop, and.

Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater, c. 1500-1530. Creator: Adam Dircksz (Netherlandish, active c. 1500); Workshop, and.

2-738-644 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Prayer Nut with Scenes from the Life of St. James the Greater, c. 1500-1530. 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.

Image Details

Medium
  1. Boxwood
Picture Type
  1. Sculpture

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6000x8000
File Size : 140,625kb

Aliases

  1. 1961.87
  1. 137119
  1. 0940015113
  1. 1961.87
  1. 2-738-644
  1. 2738644
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