Vase with Two Handles, c. 1600 (vase); 19th century (handles)

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 27

Medium

rock crystal and enameled gold

Dimensions

overall: 19.4 x 15.9 cm (7 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.301

Artists / Makers

Milanese 17th Century (artist)

Western European 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Possibly the collections of the Duc de Guiche and the Duc de Grammont.[1] (Goldschmidt, New York); sold 11 November 1912 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] According to Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener, Philadelphia, 1935: 42.

Associated Names

Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Exhibition History

1985: A Fortune in Fantasy: A Treasury of Rare Decorative Arts, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1985-1986, no. 88.

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: 42.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 11.