Miniature Coffin. Culture: Netherlandish. Dimensions: Open: 4 × 1 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 3.2 × 6.1 cm)Closed: 2 7/16 × 1 × 11/16 in. (6.2 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm). Date: early 16th century.Most surviving boxwood carvings from this period are in the form of miniature altarpieces and rosary beads. This memento mori, or reminder of the inevitability of death, is unusual. The tiny coffin depicts scenes from the parable in the gospel of Saint Luke (16:22- 31) concerning the rich man who refused charity to Lazarus. In the Middle Ages, that man came to be identified with the name Dives (Latin for rich), and inside this casket, we see an image of Dives suffering the torments of hell. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Miniature Coffin. Culture: Netherlandish. Dimensions: Open: 4 × 1 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 3.2 × 6.1 cm)Closed: 2 7/16 × 1 × 11/16 in. (6.2 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm). Date: early 16th century.Most surviving boxwood carvings from this period are in the form of miniature altarpieces and rosary beads. This memento mori, or reminder of the inevitability of death, is unusual. The tiny coffin depicts scenes from the parable in the gospel of Saint Luke (16:22- 31) concerning the rich man who refused charity to Lazarus. In the Middle Ages, that man came to be identified with the name Dives (Latin for rich), and inside this casket, we see an image of Dives suffering the torments of hell. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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