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Subject
Religious. Passion.
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London, The Courtauld Gallery
O.1966.GP.24
Bone;wood (core);metal (hinges, lock, and pins).
Height: 165mm
Width: 260mm
Depth: 160mm
Lid, front
Pietà (Lamentation of the Virgin over Christ's body), with saint John the Evangelist and saint Mary Magdalene. Entombment. Harrowing of Hell with Adam and Eve coming out of the Mouth of Hell; flying demon. Resurrection (?).
Lid, top
Two Holy Women at the Tomb, with angel seated on the tomb. Resurrected Christ appearing to the Virgin. Noli me Tangere (Christ appearing to saint Mary Magdalene). Christ appearing to three women (?).
Lid, back
Man of Sorrows with angels holding Instruments of the Passion.
Body, front
Flagellation. Christ before Pilate; Pilate washing his hands. Carrying of the Cross. Nailing to the Cross (?).
End, right
Saint Francis receiving the stigmatas. Buffeting of Christ (Mocking of Christ); Christ blindfolded. Prophet holding a scroll in the gable.
Body, back
Twelve apostles with attributes; chalice containing the Crucifixion.
End, left
Crucifixion; Virgin supported by saint John the Evangelist; onlookers. Deposition; Joseph of Arimathea holding Christ's body. Prophet holding a scroll in the gable.
Foliated decoration. Crosshatched background.
Lowden 2013: Burgundy or Flanders, c. 1450-1500.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Traces of polychromy: red around the frame of the figures with scrolls at both ends of the casket.
Comments
Bottom decorated in intarsia: geometric patterns in green (stained ivory or bone), cream (ivory or bone), and brown (wood) (addition probably made by Gambier Parry in the 19th century). The scene with the chalice and crucified Christ may signify that the casket was used to carry the Host. The casket is locked and the key is now lost: dark red fabric visible in the crack between the lid and side panels of the box indicating the inside is probably lined.
Provenance
Thomas Gambier Parry, Highnam Court (Gloucestershire)(d. 1888): bought before 1875 from an umbrella maker in Brighton (information recorded in pencil in the 1875 manuscript catalogue); Sir Hubert Parry (d. 1918), his eldest son (from 1888); Ernest Gambier-Parry (d. 1936), half-brother of Hubert (from 1918); Mark Gambier-Parry (d. 1966), youngest son of Ernest (from 1936); bequeathed to the Courtauld Institute Galleries in 1966.
Bibliography
A. Blunt, 'The History of Thomas Gambier Parry's Collection', in Burlington Magazine, CIX (March 1967), p. 115.
Collection in the Courtauld Institute of Art. Acc. no. 24 (Unpublished Masters dissertation, Courtauld Institute of Art, 2005).
J. Lowden, Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery (London, 2013), no. 20, pp. 110-112.
Image
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