File:Flemish - Pendant With A Lion - Walters 57618.jpg
Flemish (?)
German (?)
After Hans Collaert the elder (Flemish, ca. 1530-1581) (?)
After Hans Collaert the younger (Flemish, 1566-1628) (?)
Title |
Pendant with a Lion |
Description |
English: This pendant was designed around the voluptuous but irregular shape of a baroque pearl which forms part of the body of the lion. This kind of light, amusing, showy pendant was apparently meant to be worn at events such as weddings. Its charm depends on its design rather than on a massing of precious stones. This type of design is associated with the late 16th-century Southern Netherlands jewelry designer Hans Collaert. |
Date |
between 1600 and 1650 date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (Baroqueera QS:P2348,Q37853 ) |
Medium |
pearl, gold, enamel, diamond, ruby |
Dimensions |
height: 7.3 cm (2.8 in); width: 4.9 cm (1.9 in); depth: 1 cm (0.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,7.36U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,4.94U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,1U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
Accession number |
57.618 |
Place of creation |
Belgium (?) |
Object history |
- Canessa Collection
- Sale, New York, 1917, no. 73
- Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]
- 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
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Exhibition history |
World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972. Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980. Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 1984-1987. Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987. Pearls. American Museum of Natural History, New York; The Field Museum, Chicago; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston; Midland Center for the Arts, Midland. 2001-2005. Pearls. Museum of Islamic Art Qatar, Doha. 2010. |
Credit line |
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917 |
Source |
Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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