French 13th Century (artist) Pyx in the Form of a Dove, c. 1220/1230 gilded copper with enamel Overall: 18.2 x 22.6 x 19.1 cm (7 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.) overall (diameter of base): 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of disk): 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.) overall (height of wall around base): 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) overall (height of turrets): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.284 |
Object 6 of 8
| 1890 | Rupin, Ernest. L'oeuvre de Limoges. Paris, 1890: 228, fig. 292. |
| 1897 | Catalogue of a Collection of European Enamels from the Earliest Date to the End of the XVII Century. Exh. cat. Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1897: 13-14, no. 52, pl. 9. |
| 1900 | Catalogue officiel illustré de L'Exposition retrospective de l'art français des origines à 1800. Paris, 1900: 294, no. 2554. |
| 1901 | Molinier, Emile, and Franz Marcou. Exposition rétrospective de l'art français des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle. Paris, 1901: 89, repro. |
| 1912 | Duveen Brothers. A Pyx (Colombe Eucharistique) in Copper-Gilt and Champlevé Enamel. Paris, n.d., (c. 1912-1914). |
| 1924 | Braun, Joseph. Der Christliche Altar. 2 vols. Munich, 1924, 2:610, 615. |
| 1935 | Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 32. |
| 1942 | Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as Limoges 13th Century. |
| 1952 | Christensen, Edwin O. Objects of Medieval Art from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952: 16, 18, 30-31, repro. |
| 1973 | Gauthier, Marie-Madeleine. "Colombe limousine prise aux rêts d'un `antiquaire' ... à Saint-Germain..., vers 1726." Intuition und Kunstwissenschaft; Festschrift für Hanns Swarzenski. Berlin, 1973: 171-190, fig. 8, 186-187, n. 14. |
| 1975 | Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 36, color repro. |
| 1983 | Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Medieval Enamels. London, 1983: 30, fig. 23. |
| 1988 | Luchs, Alison. "Research on the Collections." Bulletin of the Circle of the National Gallery of Art 3 (Fall 1988): 12-14, repro. |
| 1993 | Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timonthy H. Wilson. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1993: 36-40, color repro. 37. |
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