Tobacco box

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

An oval box. The lid depicts Christ being nailed to the cross by two men, while a third digs a hole for the cross. Inscribed at top of cross: Inri; and below: Het leijde christi in het leven (The suffering of Christ in his life). The underside shows Christ on the cross, flanked by the Virgin and St. John, with the Magdalen kneeling at the foot of the cross. Inscribed at the top of the cross: Inri; and below: En het lijde christi in sijn sterve (And the suffering of Christ in his death). With lined rims and molded edges. The borders and sides are engraved with leaf scrolls.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art