Pendant with a Triton
1885/1890
Jeweler, French, 1839 - 1919
Artwork overview
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Medium
baroque pearl; gold enameled in white, black, translucent red, green, blue, and yellow; 2 diamonds, 37 rubies, 4 pearls
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (with chain): 13.1 x 7.6 x 2.3 cm (5 3/16 x 3 x 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.309
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Goldschmidt, New York); purchased 31 December 1911 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, probably as Italian sixteenth century; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
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: 47-48.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 11, as Italian 16th Century.
1956
Steingräber, Erich. Alter Schmuck. Munich, 1956: 114, fig. 191. English ed. 1957: 113, fig. 191.
1959
Stone, Peter. "Baroque Pearls -II." Apollo (February 1959): 33, fig. 4.
1981
Newman, Harold. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewellery. London, 1979: 313.
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: 297-299, color repro. 298.
2019
Vignon, Charlotte. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. New York, 2019: 103, 259 n. 269.
Wikidata ID
Q62131044