2 février 2016

Harry Winston. Extraordinary sapphires encircled by a symphony of diamonds. Harry Winston Diamond Drop Earrings

Spouted vessel with lynx protome, Parthian period, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, Iran. Silver and gilt, 23.5 x 12.4 x 30.4 cm. Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, S1987.131 © 2016 Smithsonian Institution Drinking vessels with a tall horn joined to the protome (forepart) of a lynx, panther, or lion, are sometimes depicted in Hellenistic and Roman art. They are usually identified as objects used in celebrating the cult of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and ecstatic experience, which spread over a... [Lire la suite]

Spouted vessel with lion protome, Parthian period, 1st century BCE-1st century CE, Iran. Silver and gilt, 25.8 x 26.9 x 17.5 cm. Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, S1987.130 © 2016 Smithsonian Institution

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Queen Elizabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II, 1605, oil on canvas, 120.1 × 84 cm (47.3 × 33.1 in). P01030. © 2016. Museo Nacional del Prado.  Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608), Queen Elizabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II, detail, 1605. © 2016. Museo Nacional del Prado. 

Roberto Capucci, dress in silk taffeta, 2009, courtesy Capucci Foundation. Photo Alessandro Sclauzero Roberto Capucci, dress in silk taffeta, détail, 2009, courtesy Capucci Foundation

Tasse et sa soucoupe en agate orientale montée en or, Paris, 1732-1738. Tasse : H. 4 cm ; D. 7 cm; Soucoupe : H. 5 cm ; D. 11,5 cm. Courtesy Galerie Kugel   Provenance : Vente Lebrun, Paris, 11 avril 1791, lot 615. Poinçons : Sur le bord de la soucoupe et de la tasse ainsi que le pied de la tasse Décharge: une tête de chien, pour les menus ouvrages, Paris 1732-1738 La tasse et sa soucoupe circulaires sont en agate présentent une très fine épaisseur qui les rend translucides. Elles... [Lire la suite]

Statuette en or émaillé représentant Mars sur une base en lapis-lazuli, Dresde, vers 1700, Entourage de Johann Melchior Dinglinger, H. 12 x L. 4,3 cm. Courtesy Galerie Kugel Provenance : - Collection Josephus Jitta, sa vente chez Frederik Muller & co. Amsterdam, 9 novembre 1897, lot n°546. - Collection Lopez-Willshaw, sa vente chez Sotheby’s, Monaco, 24 juin 1976, lot n° 319. Le joaillier, orfèvre et émailleur Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731) et ses deux frères - l’orfèvre... [Lire la suite]

Jan Van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749), Flower study; a variety of Tulip, two flowers, pink-mauve and yellow , 1697-1749. Watercolour, Height: 225 millimetres, Width: 148 millimetres. SL,5283.119. Bequeathed by: Sir Hans Sloane. © Trustees of the British Museum One of 53 drawings, taken from the Sloane volume, No.5283, and mounted N.5 in the Inventory of 1837. Bibliography: Hind, Arthur Mayger, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 4 vols,... [Lire la suite]

Jan Van Huysum (Dutch, 1682-1749), Flower study; a variety of Tulip, two flowers, pink and white, 1697-1749. Watercolour, Height: 290 millimetres, Width: 170 millimetres. SL,5283.115. Bequeathed by: Sir Hans Sloane. © Trustees of the British Museum One of 53 drawings, taken from the Sloane volume, No.5283, and mounted N.5 in the Inventory of 1837.