Portuguese

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, Seville 1599–1660 Madrid), Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), 1650. Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 69.9 cm. Purchase, Fletcher and Rogers Funds, and Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), by exchange, supplemented by gifts from friends of the Museum, 1971, 1971.86. © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter offers an unprecedented look at the life and artistic achievements of Juan de... [Lire la suite]

Portuguese Macao devotional plaque depicting St Jerome kneeling before Christ crucified gripping the Cross in one hand holding a stone in the other, Mid 17th century. Ivory, H 12 x W 8.5 x D 1 cm. Price: € 37,500. FINCH & CO at BRAFA 2021. Symbolic of his asceticism, his hands and feet with the stigmata, a sign of his passionate Christian devotion, his cardinal’s hat and robe hanging in the tree, God the Father in the clouds above a lion at the Saint’s feet, above him two medieval church towers. The scene is probably... [Lire la suite]

Lot 67. A Portuguese silver-gilt drinking bowl or salver, unmarked, circa 1500, with later cold painted coats-of-arms and foot, circa 1600; 29cm., 11 1/2in. diam., 720gr., 23oz. 3dwt. Estimate £60,000 - £90,000. © Sotheby's. embossed and chased with two borders comprising twelve scenes of hounds with collars fighting other hounds and attacking wild animals alternating with exotic blooms surmounted by pineapple-type fruit on a ground of scrolling Gothic foliage, centered by a circular glazed disc applied... [Lire la suite]

  A ruby and diamond 'Sacred Heart' brooch, Portuguese, circa 1780. © Symbolic & Chase Designed as a wounded flaming heart set with rubies, encircled by a wreath, surmounted by a diamond-set cross. £28,000 Please enquire here. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Dr Joan Evans. Note: The image of the flaming wounded heart of Jesus encircled by a wreath has become a well known motif in Roman Catholicism as a representation of the devotion to The Sacred Heart of Jesus, symbolising the... [Lire la suite]

LONDON - Two leading London dealers, Koopman Rare Art and S.J. Phillips Ltd, are both exhibiting at Masterpiece London 2017, the prestigious art and antiques fair, which opens next week June 29 (press day Wednesday June 28). A set of four exceptionally illustrious candlesticks made by the silversmith Paul Crespin after a design by William Kent (1685-1748) is just one of the many highlights on display on Koopman Rare Art’s stand (C29) at the forthcoming prestigious Masterpiece London 2017 Fair.  Considered to be the earliest... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. An early 18th Century gold and diamond necklace, Portuguese. Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 (US$12,000 - 19,000). Sold for £11,250 (€13,323). Photo Bonhams. Designed as a series of ribbon-bow motif links suspending a girandole fringe, the central larger girandole with an additional foliate link, set throughout with table and rose-cut diamonds in closed-back collet settings, length 37.0cm, original fitted case by Franklin, 37 Duke Street, London   Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 27 Apr 2017,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A colourless beryl and paste Devant de Corsage, Portuguese, third quarter of the 18th Century. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (US$7,400 - 9,900). Sold for £7,500 (€8,882). Photo Bonhams. Designed as a ribbon bow, the stylised flower head motif issuing from the centre, set throughout with vari-cut foiled colourless beryl, suspending a pear-shaped pendant, composed of foiled paste in closed-back settings, mounted in silver, may be worn as a brooch or pendant, length 10.3cm, cased Note: For similar examples... [Lire la suite]

A pair of diamond pendent earrings, Portuguese, 18th century. Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 (€5,500 - 8,300). Photo Bonhams. The graduated series of openwork scrolling, bow and quatrefoil plaques, decorated with table-cut diamonds, closed-back settings throughout, two diamonds deficient, later earring fittings, length 7.2cm Note: For a similar example see "Five Centuries of Jewellery", National Museum of Art, Lisbon, London, 1995, ill.no.79. Bonhams. JEWELLERY, 13 May 2015 11:00 BST - LONDON,... [Lire la suite]

A diamond girandole brooch and pair of earrings, Portuguese, 2nd half of the 18th century. Estimate £12,000 - 15,000 (€16,000 - 21,000). Photo: Bonhams. Each of highly stylised floral and foliate design suspending three pendants, set throughout with rose-cut diamonds in silver closed-back settings, each converted to a brooch, brooch width 3.8cm, earring width 3.8cm, fitted tooled and leather case Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 22 Apr 2015 14:00 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET

A gem-set choker, Portuguese, 3rd quarter of the 18th century. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (€8,200 - 11,000). Photo: Bonhams. The central highly stylised scrolling floral and foliate plaque on a chain of stylised flowerhead clusters, set throughout with vari-cut garnets, topaz and quartz in foiled, closed-back settings, mounted in silver, length 29.5cm, fitted leather case Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY, 22 Apr 2015 14:00 BST - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET