The comte d’Angiviller belonged to an ancient military family of the minor nobility. He had bravely served Louis XV (1710–1774) and the dauphin from 1745, as a page at the battle of Fontenoy, and in recognition of his early, brilliant military career was awarded the red ribbon and cross of the Order of St
"H., 2 p.
Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 120 (Jul. 1, 1989–Jun. 30, 1990). p.
Karl Anton Prinz von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen(inv. no. 5236); Baron Robert von Hirsch, Frankfurt and Basel (until 1977); his sale, Sotheby’s, London(22 June 1978, lot 267); [ Michael Ward, New York (sold 1996)]
Sigmaringen, 1871. no. 294, p. 77. Volbach, W. F.
La Renaissance 12 (October 1929), p. 483, ill. p. 479. Harry B. Wehle.
Christos Bastis Collection, New York, from 1975; exhibited as a loan to the Brooklyn Museum, 1975-1999, in the major traveling exhibition Africa in Antiquity (Brooklyn, Seattle, New Orleans, The Hague, Netherlands) 1978-1979, and in the exhibition Antiquities from the Christos G
The Art Gallery, 22.2, p. 103. Bianchi, Robert 1978.
This luxurious ivory box is an outstanding example of approaches to art-making typical of French royal courts of the fourteenth century. Composed of six panels of ivory glued to cardboard, it is the type of precious and exclusive object that royals and high aristocrats desired, commissioned, and gifted during festive occasions like New Year’s Day
and tales from Greek antiquity in a series of vignettes (acc. no. 17.190.173a, b;
The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 28 (2), p. 24.
1920s, collection of Kaiky Muncherjee, Aden; [Gazdar Bros., Bombay]; 1943, bought by Joseph Brummer from Gazdar Bros., Bombay (Brummer inv. no. N5562); acquired by the Museum in 1947, purchased from the estate of Joseph Brummer, New York
Le Caire: Société royale de géographie d’Égypte, p. 106, p. 108, pl.
L’art et les artistes, n.s., 15 (October 1927), p. 20, ill. p. 3.
