Object Information

Austrian or German

Two-Sided Pendant with Scenes from the Lives of Christ and Saint Francis, 16th/17th century

Enameled gold, antler core, glass, silk, shell, pearl, paper, and wood
6.1 x 4.2 cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.549

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 80-81 and 97, no. 43.

Ownership History

Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago, by 1992; given to the Art Institute, 1992.