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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 306
Miniature cradles for doll-like images of the Christ Child were popular devotional objects in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and were venerated both in private homes and in convents. This splendid cradle from the Grand Béguinage of Louvain has carved representations of the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi on either end. The biblical family tree of Christ is illustrated on the coverlet, which is richly embroidered and studded with pearls and enamels.
Jules Frésart, Liège (1882); Dr. Albert Figdor, Vienna (before 1893–until d. 1927); [his posthumous sale, Paul Cassirerat Hotel Esplanade, Berlin (Sept. 29-30, 1930, no. 161)]; Oscar Bondy, Vienna (confiscated by Nazi officials in 1938); restituted to his widow, Elizabeth Bondy, New York (by 1950); Ruth and Leopold Blumka, New York (until 1974)
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