Tobacco Box with Scenes Related to the Crucifixion
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
The Tobacco Box with Scenes Related to the Crucifixion is an eighteenth-century decorative metal container originating likely from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It has an elongated oblong form with rounded ends, measuring 4.1 centimeters in height, 17.8 centimeters in length, and 4.5 centimeters in depth (1 5/8 by 7 by 1 3/4 inches). The box is made from brass and copper components.
The construction combines contrasting metal tones, with copper forming the molded upper and lower margins and brass used along the vertical side walls. The exterior is extensively ornamented with engraved imagery illustrating scenes associated with the Crucifixion. These pictorial scenes are incised across the flat top surface of the lid and continue around the perimeter of the box, where figural compositions appear divided into sequential segments.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Brass and copper
- Dimensions
- 4.1 × 17.8 × 4.5 cm (1 5/8 × 7 × 1 3/4 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Probably Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Place recorded
- Amsterdam
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Tobacco Box with Scenes Related to the Crucifixion
- Museum object number
- 1920.1081
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.