Adam Dircksz (workshop of),

Prayer Nut with the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi, in a Box

Northern Netherlands, ? Delft, c. 1500 - c. 1530

Figures

fig. a Front side of the 18th-century note accompanying the present prayer nut. Ink on paper, 74 x 107 mm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. BK-2010-16-3

fig. b Back side of the 18th-century note accompanying the present prayer nut. Ink on paper, 74 x 107 mm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. BK-2010-16-3

fig. c Adam Dircksz and workshop, Prayer Nut with the Nativity, Seven Martyrs, and Seven Confessors, c. 1500-30. Boxwood, diam. 58 mm. Madrid, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, inv. no. K79A. Photo: Craig Boyko/Ian Lefebvre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016)

fig. d Interior of the present prayer nut with the Nativity at the top and the Adoration of the Magi below. Photo: Craig Boyko/Ian Lefebvre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016)

fig. e Silver shell of the present prayer nut depicting six animals among flowers and foliage. Photo: Craig Boyko/Ian Lefebvre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016)

fig. f Silver shell of the present prayer nut depicting a nude woman surrounded by four men. Photo: Craig Boyko/Ian Lefebvre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016)

Footnotes