Ornamental Plaque
about 1160–70
Object PlaceCologne, Germany
Medium/TechniqueChamplevé enamel and gilding on copper
Dimensions9.3 x 4.2 cm (3 11/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineFrederick Brown Fund
Accession number47.1442
On View
Not on viewClassificationsEnamels
Collections
Provenance1835, Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (b. 1770 - d. 1846), Berlin; 1835, sold by Nagler to the Königlich Preussische Kunstkammer (later the Schlossmuseum), Berlin (inventory no. K4203c); May 14, 1937, exchanged by the Schlossmuseum with J. Rosenbaum (dealer), Frankfurt [see note 1]; probably sold by Rosenbaum to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York [see note 2]; September 4, 1941, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to the Brummer Gallery, New York (stock no. N5224); 1947, sold by Brummer to the MFA for $750. (Accession Date: November 13, 1947)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance given here (through 1937) was provided in a letter from Dietrich Kötzsche, Kunstgewerbemuseum (formerly the Schlossmuseum), Berlin to Nancy Netzer of the MFA (May 9, 1984; in MFA curatorial file) and confirmed by Sven Haase, Deputy Director, Zentralarchiv, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (October 13, 2016). On the sale of Nagler's collection to the Prussian State, see Susanne Netzer, "Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler, Berlin (1770-1846)," in Glück, Leidenschaft, und Verantwortung: das Kunstgewerbemuseum und seine Sammler (Berlin: Staatliche Museen, 1996), pp. 12-15.
[2] Jakob Rosenbaum founded his family's art business in Frankfurt in the 19th century; his nephew established Rosenberg and Stiebel in New York in 1939.
NOTES:
[1] The provenance given here (through 1937) was provided in a letter from Dietrich Kötzsche, Kunstgewerbemuseum (formerly the Schlossmuseum), Berlin to Nancy Netzer of the MFA (May 9, 1984; in MFA curatorial file) and confirmed by Sven Haase, Deputy Director, Zentralarchiv, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (October 13, 2016). On the sale of Nagler's collection to the Prussian State, see Susanne Netzer, "Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler, Berlin (1770-1846)," in Glück, Leidenschaft, und Verantwortung: das Kunstgewerbemuseum und seine Sammler (Berlin: Staatliche Museen, 1996), pp. 12-15.
[2] Jakob Rosenbaum founded his family's art business in Frankfurt in the 19th century; his nephew established Rosenberg and Stiebel in New York in 1939.
Unidentified
mid-12th century
