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Source Description
Saint Nicholas, the mid 4th-century Bishop of Myra who was buried at Bari, is shown in his customary role as protector of children. The saint is of polychromed wood, with head and hands of ivory. He is portrayed holding an ivory cross and standing beside a praying child carved entirely of ivory. The wooden base rests on four depressed, conical, ivory feet. A hole drilled in the center of the base suggests that it was adapted from another work.The top member of the ivory cross has been lost.The base reads: SAINT NICHOLAS / POLYCHROME IVORY & WOOD / XVIITH CENTURY / GRUEL COLLECTION.
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Document identity
localId
26905
label
Saint Nicholas of Bari
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object
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Source metadata
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26905
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object
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title
Saint Nicholas of Bari
description
Saint Nicholas, the mid 4th-century Bishop of Myra who was buried at Bari, is shown in his customary role as protector of children. The saint is of polychromed wood, with head and hands of ivory. He is portrayed holding an ivory cross and standing beside a praying child carved entirely of ivory. The wooden base rests on four depressed, conical, ivory feet. A hole drilled in the center of the base suggests that it was adapted from another work.The top member of the ivory cross has been lost.The base reads: SAINT NICHOLAS / POLYCHROME IVORY & WOOD / XVIITH CENTURY / GRUEL COLLECTION.
provenance
Léon Gruel, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th century
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
figurines
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H of figure: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); H with base: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Inscription] On base: SAINT NICHOLAS / POLYCHROME IVORY & WOOD / XVIITH CENTURY / GRUEL COLLECTION
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ivory, wood with polychromy
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6200
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EAN
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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