Covered Cup with Serpent Handle

c. 1620/1630 (all but stem and mounts); late 16th century (stem); late 19th century (mounts)

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 27

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    rock crystal and enameled gold

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.2 x 10.3 x 10.3 cm (9 1/8 x 4 1/16 x 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.297

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugen Gutmann [1840-1925], Berlin, by 1912.[1] (Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 1922 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Otto von Falke, ed., Die Kunstsammlung Eugen Gutmann, Berlin, 1912: no. 104, pl. 20; without provenance information. Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener, Philadelphia, 1935: 40, gives additional provenance as "from the collection of Prince Schönburg-Waldenburg." However, this is not verifiable and is likely incorrect.

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: 40.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 10, as Italian or German 16th Century, Covered vase of rock crystal.

1983

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

Wikidata ID

Q62131026

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