Two Tusk Fragments with the Ascension of Christ:17.190.46 and 17.190.48Conforming to the shape of the ivory tusks from which they were carved, these two fragmentary images of the Ascension are so similar that they must have been carved by the same workshop
Baltimore, 1947, p. 50, no. 157, pl. XXI. 2. Charles T.
Purchased from Eustache de Lorey, Paris, 1934; continuously exhibited and frequently published since that time; included in interational exhibition Cleopatra’s Egypt, Brooklyn and Munich, 1988, and La Gloire d’Alexandrie, Paris 1998
View #1 front right profile left rear left profile b&w, detail of King, right
Until 1899, collection of Henry Hoffmann (1823-1897), Paris; May 1899, purchased by Henri de Morgan at the Hoffmann sale at Hôtel Drouot, Paris (lot 78); 1899-1901, collection of Henri de Morgan (1854-1909), Paris; acquired in 1901, purchased at the de Morgan sale at the American Art Galleries, New York (lot 67)
Painter has chosen a later moment in the Troilos story than the Painter of London B
Count Girolamo Possenti de Fabriano (Italian), Florence; sale of Count Girolamo Possenti de Fabriano (Italian), Florence (April 1-10, 1880, no. 41); Rodolphe Hirsch Kann, Paris; Bligny, Paris; Georges Hoentschel (French); J
Paris, 1907. no. 18, p. 11. Pératé, André.
The Artist: Nicholas Hilliard, the son of Richard Hilliard, an Exeter goldsmith, made his earliest known miniatures in 1560. He served his apprenticeship as a goldsmith, beginning in 1562 with Robert Brandon, whose daughter Alice he was to marry in 1576
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“Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom� represents the transformational Middle Kingdom era in ancient Egypt through 230 powerful and compelling works.
Discoveries, Afternoon Session The exhibition is made possible by Dorothy and Lewis B.
The daughter of an army sergeant, Hendrickje Stoffels advanced in Rembrandt’s household from servant (by 1649) to mistress, presumed model, and common-law wife, as well as stepmother to the artist’s son Titus (1641–1668) and mother of his daughter Cornelia (1654–1685)
Stuttgart, 1904, p. 262, ill. p. 219. Wilhelm R. Valentiner.
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Harmonica Pitch Pipe Hohner Viola d’Amore German 18th century ‘Gaillard’ Musette P.
References and Further Reading Bennett, Wendell C., and Junius B. Bird.
