Pendant with a Centaur

1885/1890

Alfred André

Jeweler, French, 1839 - 1919

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    baroque pearl; gold enameled in black, white, pale blue, translucent red, green, and blue; 2 emeralds, 2 rubies, 1 piece of rock crystal or glass, 4 hanging pearls, 10 small pearls in the chain

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (with chain): 13.1 x 5.5 x 2.1 cm (5 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.310

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Said to have belonged to Comtesse Batowska (city unknown). Charles J. Wertheimer [1842-1911], London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc. London, New York, and Paris); purchased 28 October 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: 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.

1972

  • Neumann, Robert von. The Design and Creation of Jewelry. Rev. ed. New York and Philadelphia, 1972: 13, fig. 4.

1979

  • Hackenbroch, Yvonne. Renaissance Jewellery. London and Munich, 1979: 320, no. 836.

1981

  • Newman, Harold. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewellery. London, 1981: 61.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 165-166.

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: 300-302, color repro. 301.

2019

  • Vignon, Charlotte. Duveen Brothers and the Market for Decorative Arts, 1880-1940. New York, 2019: 103, 259 n. 269.

Wikidata ID

Q62131046

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