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Baron Frédéric Spitzer

Austrian, 1815 - 1890

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Urbino district 16th Century, Venetian 16th Century, Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape, c. 1510/1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.313

Plate with border of putti and trophies amid grotesques; in the center, a winged putto standing, armed, in a landscape

Urbino district 16th Century, Venetian 16th Century · c. 1510/1520 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  1942.9.313

Anonymous Artist, Oval Dish with the Birth of Adonis, c. 1560, enamel painted on copper, Widener Collection, 1942.9.290

Oval Dish with the Birth of Adonis

Anonymous Artist · c. 1560 · enamel painted on copper ·  Accession ID  1942.9.290

Francesco Xanto Avelli, Charger with the Massacre of the Innocents, c. 1527/1530, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Corcoran Collection (William A. Clark Collection), 2014.136.322

Charger with the Massacre of the Innocents

Francesco Xanto Avelli · c. 1527/1530 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  2014.136.322

Master IO.F.F., Judgment of Paris, second half 15th century, gilded bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.476

Judgment of Paris

Master IO.F.F. · second half 15th century · gilded bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.476

Leonard Limousin, Round Dish with the Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche, c. 1562, enamel painted in grisaille on copper, Widener Collection, 1942.9.293

Round Dish with the Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche

Leonard Limousin · c. 1562 · enamel painted in grisaille on copper ·  Accession ID  1942.9.293

Venetian 16th Century, Agnesina Badoer Giustinian, c. 1542, bronze, Widener Collection, 1942.9.146

Agnesina Badoer Giustinian

Venetian 16th Century · c. 1542 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1942.9.146

Italian 16th Century, Portrait of a Boy, Perhaps a Member of the Carrara Family [obverse], c. 1500, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.898.a

Portrait of a Boy, Perhaps a Member of the Carrara Family [obverse]

Italian 16th Century · c. 1500 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.898.a

Italian 16th Century, The Heraldic Carro [reverse], c. 1500, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.898.b

The Heraldic Carro [reverse]

Italian 16th Century · c. 1500 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.898.b

Venetian 16th Century, Mortar with Shields, Festoons, and Animals, 16th century, bronze//Medium brown bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.97

Mortar with Shields, Festoons, and Animals

Venetian 16th Century · 16th century · bronze//Medium brown bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.97

Italian 16th Century, Shallow bowl with Hercules overcoming Antaeus, 1520, tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica), Widener Collection, 1942.9.330

Shallow bowl with Hercules overcoming Antaeus

Italian 16th Century · 1520 · tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) ·  Accession ID  1942.9.330

Bibliography

1881

  • Bonnaff, Edmond, Claudius Popelin, Spire Blondel and Alfred Darcel. Gazette des Beaux-Arts 23-25 (April, August, October 1881 and February 1882)

1890

  • Spitzer, Frédéric. La Collection Spitzer. Intro. by Eugène Müntz. 6 vols. Paris, 1890-1892.

1893

  • Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité composant l'important et précieuse collection Spitzer. Paris, 1893.

1957

  • Coche de la Ferté, Étienne. "Un grand bourgeois amateur au XIXe siècle." L'Oeil 31/32 (Summer 1957): 20-25.

1961

  • Rheims, Maurice. The Strange Life of Objects; 35 Centuries of Art Collecting & Collectors. Trans. from French by David Pryce-Jones. New York, 1961: 27.

  • Seligman, Germain. Merchants of Art. New York, 1961: 14.

1989

  • Musée du Louvre. Les Donateurs du Louvre. Paris, 1989: 326.