Covered Cup

1875/1900

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    rock crystal, enameled gold, 4 diamonds, ruby

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.3 x 9.2 x 7.9 cm (7 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.302

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles J. Wertheimer [1842-1911], London. (Duveen Brother, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 28 October 1911 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, probably as Italian sixteenth century (Benvenuto Cellini); inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

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: 42.

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, Rock crystal vase and cover mounted in enamelled gold.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 169.

Wikidata ID

Q62131032

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