Emperor Rudolph II

c. 1600/1610

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    silver

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Andrew Brown

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 5.4 x 4.35 cm (2 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.55.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1979, no. 354). Dr. Charles Avery, London; (sale, Morton & Eden Ltd., London, 11-12 June 2008, no. 575); (sale, Morton & Eden Ltd., London, 11 December 2008, no. 286); Andrew M. Brown, Anchorage; gift 2009 to NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

around top circumference: .RODOLPHVS.II.ROM.IMP.AVG REX.HVNG.BOE

Wikidata ID

Q63863518


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