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Owl as a drinking vessel, Southern Germany, around 1540

Owl as a drinking vessel, Southern Germany, around 1540. Silver, gilded, reverse glass painting, enamel. H 45.0 cm. Green Vault, IV 302. © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Although the owl is rendered in a very stylized way, the extremely fine chiselling...

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Tags: Southern Germany, Green Vault, Owl as a drinking vessel, around 1540

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27 décembre 2017

Adriaen de Vries, Herding satyr, around 1581/1585

Adriaen de Vries (about 1550-), sculptor, Herding satyr. Model around 1581/1585. Bronze, wood, painted; Saxon and Bohemian gemstones. H 23,8 cm; Base 16.5 x 12.3 cm. Green Vault, IX 14 © Dresden State Art Collections. In the early years of his career...

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Tags: Green Vault, Adriaen de Vries, Herding satyr, around 1581-1585

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27 décembre 2017

Adriaen de Vries, Nymph (from bronze group faun and nymph), around 1580-1590

Adriaen de Vries (about 1550-), sculptor, Nymph (from bronze group faun and nymph), around 1580-1590. Bronze, wooden post. H 34.6 cm. Green Vault, IX 20 © Dresden State Art Collections. The exciting relationship between the two characters is produced...

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Tags: Green Vault, Adriaen de Vries, around 1580-1590, Nymph

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27 décembre 2017

Jumping unicorn, Hans Reisinger, Augsburg, before 1589

Jumping unicorn, Hans Reisinger, founder, Augsburg, before 1589. Brass, wooden base. H with base 47.1 cm, H base 10.4 cm, W 42.6 cm, D 18.0 cm. Green Vault, IX 51 © Dresden State Art Collections. Since Babylonian antiquity, the mythical unicorn wanders...

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Tags: Augsburg, D 18.0 cm. Green Vault, H base 10.4 cm, Hans Reisinger, IX 51 © Dresden State Art Collections., Jumping unicorn, W 42.6 cm, before 1589. Brass, founder, wooden base. H with base 47.1 cm

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27 décembre 2017

Giovanni da Bologna, Mercury, Florence, before 1587

Giovanni da Bologna (1524 / 1529-1608), sculptor, Mercury, Florence, before 1587. Bronze, wood post with ebony veneer and brass inlays. H 61.8 cm; H with base 72.7 cm. Green Vault, IX 94 © Dresden State Art Collections. The Dresdner Merkur arrived in...

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Tags: Mercury, Florence, Giovanni da Bologna, Green Vault, before 1587

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27 décembre 2017

Giovanni da Bologna, Antonio Susini, Adriaen de Vries, Sleeping nymph with satyr, Florence, before 1587

Giovanni da Bologna (1524 / 1529-1608), Sculptor; Antonio Susini (-1624), Bronze caster; Adriaen de Vries (ca. 1550), sculptor, Sleeping nymph with satyr, Florence, before 1587. Bronze, black lacquered wooden base. H total 31.5 cm H without base 20.7...

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Tags: Florence, Giovanni da Bologna, Antonio Susini, Green Vault, Adriaen de Vries, Sleeping nymph with satyr, before 1587

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22 décembre 2017

Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, by a Follower of Gentile Bellini, Italy, early 16th century

Lot 267. Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, by a Follower of Gentile Bellini, Italy, early 16th century, oil on panel, framed, 21 by 16cm. 36.2 by 31.8cm. framed. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 16,100 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: With Thomas...

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Tags: Italy, early 16th century, Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, Follower of Gentile Bellini

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20 décembre 2017

Pendant in the form of a ferret,The Crucifixion, Pendant in the form of a swan, Justice & Cross, 16th century, Northern European

Pendant in the form of a ferret, 16th century, Northern European. Gold, partly enameled, set with rubies and diamonds; pearls. Overall: 3 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (8.9 × 4.8 cm). Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941; 41.100.26 © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of...

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Tags: 16th century, Northern European, Justice, cross, Pendant in the form of a swan, Pendant in the form of a ferret, The Crucifixion

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20 décembre 2017

Set of four enamelled silver plaquettes, 1520–30, German, Augsburg or Nuremberg

Set of four enamelled silver plaquettes, 1520–30, German, Augsburg or Nuremberg. Silver, enamel, gold. Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2015; 2015.388.1-2-3-4 © 2000–2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Christ in the Garden of...

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Tags: German, Nuremberg, Augsburg, 1520–30

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13 décembre 2017

Magnificent and enigmatic example of Renaissance metalwork reunited at Met Museum

Anonymous (Netherlandish?) goldsmith. Detail of the Domitian dish from the Aldobrandini Tazze, ca. 1587–99. Gilded silver, 15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm) diam. Minneapolis Institute of Art, The James Ford Bell Family Foundation Fund, The M. R. Schweitzer Fund,...

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Tags: Vespasian, Augustus, Aldobrandini Tazze, Augustus dish, Caligula dish, Domitian dish, Galba, Otho tazza, Titus dish

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