Communion host container or pyx

anonymous, 1495

The Latin inscription on this pyx from The Hague reads as follows: ‘De virgine natum anno MCDXCV’ (Born of the Virgin, from the year 1495). This is a reference to the host, the symbolic body of Christ, who was born of the Virgin Mary.

  • Artwork typepyx
  • Object numberBK-BR-523
  • Dimensionsheight 9 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Communion host container or pyx

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-BR-523

  • Description

    Pyxis van zilver. Achtzijdig en steunend op vier leeuwen. Langs het deksel een opengewerkte staande rand van fleurons. Het deksel is versierd met graveerwerk.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Hic est servatum corpus de virgine natum. Anno MCCCCXCV’

Creation

  • Creation

    silversmith: anonymous, The Hague

  • Dating

    1495

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 9 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Regenten van het Maagdenhuis

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

  • Mariët Westermann, 'What's on at the new Rijks', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (2015), p. 31, afb. 6.

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