Southern German or Austrian, 17th century | Pendant with Miniature Scenes of Saint Francis and the Virgin

This remarkable pendant with micro carved scenes is very close to another from the Alsdorf collection in the Art Institute of Chicago (inv. no. 1992.549). Note the similar use of polychromy and the very similarly delineated bridges. The scene with St Francis receiving the Stigmata in the present pendant is both charming and extraordinary.

RELATED LITERATURE
I. Wardropper, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2, Chicago, 2000, pp. 80-81 and 97, no. 43.