Prayer Bead with the Crucifixion and Jesus before Pilate

Unknown artist

Date: early 16th century

Medium: Boxwood

Dimensions: Open: 4 7/8 × 3 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (12.4 × 9.6 × 3.2 cm) Closed: 2 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (6.4 × 6.1 × 5.6 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Miniature-Wood

Culture: Netherlandish

Themes: Bearing the Cross, Christ, Crucifixion, Horses

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Date range

1500 – 1525

Largest dimension

5.6 cm

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