Title

Pyx, 1500-1700, (1881). Creator: S Thomas.

Caption

Pyx, 1500-1700, (1881). Etching of a carved boxwood pyx, possibly made in Venice or the Balkans, between the 16th and 17th centuries. A pyx is a small round container used to carry the consecrated host (Eucharist), to the sick or those otherwise unable to come to church in order to receive catholic Holy Communion. This example is carved with scenes of the Passion, and has a niello finial and engraved silver gilt rim. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_471

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

62,7Mo (2,3Mo) / 44,9cm x 35,0cm / 5298 x 4139 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian wood religious arts carving country religion metal LID book box museum decorative silver Christianity Balkans wooden carved Venice boxes location century passion ecclesiastical VENETIAN literature artefact concept crucifixion artifact crucified 19th century B W boxwood Victoria and Albert Museum nineteenth century The Print Collector Museum of Ornamental Art niello Passion of Christ pyx South Kensington Museum TGN etching engraving Victoria & Albert Museum V&A container V&A Museum Sampson Low The South Kensington Museum Marston S Thomas Thomas S S. Thomas Thomas S.