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| Keywords: Netherlandish - Casket with Scenes from the Passion of Christ - Walters 71251 - Top.jpg This type of large rectangular box elaborately decorated with scenes depicting either the Passion of Christ or the Life of the Virgin was produced in great quantity in 15th-century Flanders The artist drew inspiration from contemporary woodcuts particularly the Bible of the Poor Biblia Pauperum a pictorial Bible for the illiterate first produced ca 1430 This example depicts Christ's Passion The scenes of Christ's Arrest his Carrying of the Cross Entombment Harrowing of Hell Resurrection and Appearance to Mary Magdalene have all been taken from this source The carved panels retain much of their original paint and gilding The gilded bronze lock plate on top is a 17th-century addition ca 1450 Late Medieval ivory gilt bronze paint cm 16 1 31 5 19 4 accession number 71 251 39550 Count Girolamo Possenti Fabriano Sale Raphael Dura Florence April 1 1880 no 38 F Ongania Venice Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Flanders Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Art of the Netherlands Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Biblia pauperum | ||||
