MAKE A MEME View Large Image French - Locket with Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and Doubting Thomas - Walters 44590 - Open.jpg This intricate locket with scenes inside and out was probably used as a paternoster an aid to prayer similar to a rosary The scenes on the ...
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Keywords: French - Locket with Christ's Entry into Jerusalem and Doubting Thomas - Walters 44590 - Open.jpg This intricate locket with scenes inside and out was probably used as a paternoster an aid to prayer similar to a rosary The scenes on the inside are executed in colorful enamel On the left Christ is greeted as he enters Jerusalem on a donkey On the right the risen Christ invites the doubting apostle Thomas to affirm his resurrection by touching his wound On the exterior not visible are two scenes executed in brown wax protected under rock crystal the Virgin lamenting Christ's death and a battered Christ shown to the people ca 1470 Renaissance basse-taille enamel on silver wax rock crystal with gilded silver mount cm 3 65 diam ; locket open cm 5 76 7 58 1 accession number 44 590 8540 Collections of Passavant Spitzer Sale Paris 1893 lot 1787 Mrs John Russell Pope date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Mrs John Russell Pope 1943 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin north France Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Spitzer Collection Basse-taille enamel Doubting Saint Thomas Palm Sunday
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