Prayer Nut with The Nativity and The Adoration of the Magi, Adam Dircksz (workshop of), Adam Dircksz (workshop of), c. 1500 - c. 1530 Canvas Print
A small prayer note, encased in silver casing, consisting of two miniature reliefs of the Nativity of Christ and the Adoration of the Kings. Both reliefs are made of boxwood and mounted in two hinged, silver half balls with closure and a small chain. The silver ball is completely decorated with extremely refined Gothic engraving: on the one hand animals between leaves (a monkey, a dog, an owl and other birds), on the other hand five figures: Eva, a man who scoops into the ground with a shovel, a man with a falcon, a man who stands in the water and a man with a poker and fire. They are representations of the Four Elements (earth, air, water and fire) and possibly different social positions. The animals represent the 'inverted world' of lust and evil. All around, the silver ball is decorated with a twisted thread of pale gold, while on the top and bottom there is a golden rosette.
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