Cylindrical Vessel

1850/1900

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    rock crystal and enameled gold

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.6 x 9.7 x 9.7 cm (10 1/16 x 3 13/16 x 3 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.300

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hermann Prince von Hatzfeld (or Hatzfeldt), Trachenberg.[1] Eugen Gutmann [1840-1925], Berlin, by 1912.[2] (Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 1922 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] This is possibly Hermann, Prince von Hatzfeld and Duke of Trachenberg, who lived 1848-1933.
[2] Otto von Falke, ed., Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann, Berlin, 1912: no. 105, pl. 21.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 41-42.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 11, as Rock crystal beaker with gold foot.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 167.

Wikidata ID

Q62131030


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