Plaque with Beasts
Limoges
, or, (France)
about 1300
Object PlaceEngland or France
Medium/TechniqueChamplevé enamel on copper
Dimensions15.4 x 10.2 cm (6 1/16 x 4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund, No. 2
Accession number48.1320
On View
Not on viewClassificationsEnamels
Collections
ProvenanceBaron Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (b. 1843 - d. 1940), Frankfurt; 1948, sold, perhaps by the heirs of Goldschmidt-Rothschild, to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York [see note 1]; 1948, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to the MFA for $2500 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: December 9, 1948)
NOTES:
[1] A letter from Saemy Rosenberg, Rosenberg and Stiebel, to Georg Swarzenski of the MFA (November 23, 1948) indicates that the plaques (MFA nos. 48.1320 and 48.1321) came from the collection of Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild and that "I have now succeeded in buying them." It is likely that he bought the plaques from Baron Goldschmidt-Rothschild's heirs, as members of the Rothschild family consigned many works of art to Rosenberg and Stiebel in the 1940s and 1950s.
[2] MFA accession numbers 48.1320 - 48.1321 were acquired together.
NOTES:
[1] A letter from Saemy Rosenberg, Rosenberg and Stiebel, to Georg Swarzenski of the MFA (November 23, 1948) indicates that the plaques (MFA nos. 48.1320 and 48.1321) came from the collection of Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild and that "I have now succeeded in buying them." It is likely that he bought the plaques from Baron Goldschmidt-Rothschild's heirs, as members of the Rothschild family consigned many works of art to Rosenberg and Stiebel in the 1940s and 1950s.
[2] MFA accession numbers 48.1320 - 48.1321 were acquired together.
