Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels
Small Wonders: Early Gems and Jewels
Italian, circa 1540 | The Arundel Zodiac
Lot Closed
July 15, 12:14 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Italian, circa 1540
The Arundel Zodiac
carnelian, within a mid 16th-century
emamelled gold pendant mount set with diamonds and rubies
intaglio: 43mm., 1 3/4 in.
116mm., 4 1/2 in. overall
Possibly Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500-1540);
by descent in the Gonzaga collection, Mantua;
certainly Daniel Nys Gem wundercabinet;
Thomas Arundel, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), acquired from Nijs on 5th or 15th November 1636, Drawer 5 (E) (Theca quinta) in the Arundel gem cabinet;
thence by family descent to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
thence by family descent to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, until 1898;
by descent to Julia Harriet Mary Jary (née Bromilow);
Christie’s, London, 26 June 1899, lot 275, £900;
there acquired by Ready Friedrich Ludwig Gans (1833-1920), Frankfurt;
Bachstitz Gallery, the Hague, c.1920;
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, US, acquired 1925, de-accessioned circa 1940;
Walter T. and Lucie Bigelow Rosen (1890-1968), Rosen House, NY, by descent in USA until 2010;
private collection, United Kingdom
by descent in the Gonzaga collection, Mantua;
certainly Daniel Nys Gem wundercabinet;
Thomas Arundel, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), acquired from Nijs on 5th or 15th November 1636, Drawer 5 (E) (Theca quinta) in the Arundel gem cabinet;
thence by family descent to George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
thence by family descent to John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883), Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire;
David Bromilow, Bitteswell Hall, Lutterworth, until 1898;
by descent to Julia Harriet Mary Jary (née Bromilow);
Christie’s, London, 26 June 1899, lot 275, £900;
there acquired by Ready Friedrich Ludwig Gans (1833-1920), Frankfurt;
Bachstitz Gallery, the Hague, c.1920;
Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, US, acquired 1925, de-accessioned circa 1940;
Walter T. and Lucie Bigelow Rosen (1890-1968), Rosen House, NY, by descent in USA until 2010;
private collection, United Kingdom
17th-century Latin catalogue of the Arundel Gems, E, p. (29-30), 35, no.11;
Andrew Fountaine catalogue, 1731, p.8, no. 11;
1782 MSS Arundel : p. 6, £80;
Archaeological Journal, 1862, vol. 19, no. 386, p. 105;
Marlborough Album: photographs of the gems, 1875, pl. 10, 3-4;
Friedrich Gans art collections, Frankfurt A.M., elephant folio, n.d., c. 1920, plate 32;
Bulletin of the City Art Museum of St Louis, X, July 1925, accessions;
J. Boardman, D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and E. Zwierlein-Diehl, The Marlborough Gems, Oxford, 2009, no. 114, pp. 78-9
Andrew Fountaine catalogue, 1731, p.8, no. 11;
1782 MSS Arundel : p. 6, £80;
Archaeological Journal, 1862, vol. 19, no. 386, p. 105;
Marlborough Album: photographs of the gems, 1875, pl. 10, 3-4;
Friedrich Gans art collections, Frankfurt A.M., elephant folio, n.d., c. 1920, plate 32;
Bulletin of the City Art Museum of St Louis, X, July 1925, accessions;
J. Boardman, D. Scarisbrick, C. Wagner and E. Zwierlein-Diehl, The Marlborough Gems, Oxford, 2009, no. 114, pp. 78-9