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| Keywords: German - Pax with the Martyrdom of Saint Barbara - Walters 57689.jpg Adapted from an engraving by a German master active about 1450-67 and known only by his initials E S the relief depicts the saint kneeling in submission to her pagan father as he prepares to behead her In the 17th century the mother-of-pearl medallion was incorporated into a silver mount and made into a pax a liturgical object which was ceremonially kissed by the priest and then by the communicants during the mass ca 1480 Late Medieval gilded silver mother-of-pearl cm 18 9 9 5 accession number 57 689 35032 Karl Thewalt Sale Cologne November 4 1903 no 637 Charles Borradaile Brighton by purchase George Robinson Harding London by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Pax tablets Meister E S | ||||
