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TWO RARE LATE RENAISSANCE GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET JEWELS Each in an openwork design of scrolls a...

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TWO RARE LATE RENAISSANCE GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET JEWELS Each in an openwork design of scrolls a...
TWO RARE LATE RENAISSANCE GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET JEWELS
Each in an openwork design of scrolls and volutes with a niche at the center enclosing the figure of Diana and her hounds, and the infant Hercules enameled en ronde bosse and champleve and set with foiled crystals and table-cut diamonds, one stone deficient, probably Augsburg, ca. 1560-1580 in the style of Erasmus Hornick
ESTIMATE CHF 45,000 - 60,000
$ 30,000 - 40,000
The skilled workmanship and Mannerist style of these two renaissance jewels (circa 1560-1580) would indicate that these pieces originated in southern Germany. It is most likely that the town of Augsburg, then a well-established center for jewelry making, would have been their place of origin.
These types of jewels, called rosettes, were often linked together in a chain and worn around the shoulders, or as a belt. They could also have been sewn singly into the crowns of tall hats popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, or sewn individually on clothing. Given the Roman subject matter, it is safe to assume that the two rosettes here could have been acquired together.
With special thanks to Dr. Yvonne Hackenbroch, FSA, for helping to research these items.
See also
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies Vol. 25, No. 2. Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000.
- Somers Cocks, Anna, ed. Princely Magnificence, Court Jewels
of the Renaissance, 1500 -1630.
Exh. cat. London, 1980.
- Somers Cocks, Anna, and Charles Truman. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance Jewels, Gold
Boxes, and Objects de Vertu. London, 1984.
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