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19th Century Double Deer Taxidermy Rack and Mirror
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th century Adirondack double deer hat rack/mirror from a lodge in the Pennsylvania mountains. Note quarter sawn oak and trim; Victorian lighting each side, late 19th century. Hard ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
It has faults.
An oil on panel painting depicting a figurative image against a neutral background, with a checkered tile...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Circular Sextant, Decorative Piece, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The sextant is an instrument that allows to measure angles between two objects such as two points of a coast or a star, traditionally the sun of the earth and the horizon. Knowing th...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Other Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Other
Telescope with Tripod, Metal, Decorative Object
Located in Madrid, ES
Telescope with tripod. gold metallic antique finish
Decorative use, not functional.
Gilt metal telescope decorated with a dark band standing on...
Category
20th Century Unknown Other Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
17th/18th Century Queen Anne Letters Patent on Vellum with Partial Great Seal
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Queen Anne letters patent on vellum with a partial Great Seal and beautifully detailed portrait of the Queen. This document dates to the late 17th or early 18th c...
Category
Late 17th Century English Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Original Buffalo Bill Cody, Chief Red Cloud, American Horse Photograph
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Authentic, original D.F. Barry photo (3 marks), 11" x 14". Noted on back "William Cody, left of him is Red Cloud and right of him American Horse. Photo ta...
Category
1890s American Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Shearling Sheepskin Bernese Mountain Dog Plush by Muchi Decor, Made in Italy
Located in Poviglio, IT
This Collectible Shearling fur Bernese Mountain Dog Plush was conceived by Muchi Decor as refined but light-hearted decoration for your room. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Oil on canvas showing the Virgin Mary among angels, in a landscape and standing on a crescent moon, wearing a wh...
Category
18th Century South American Neoclassical Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Honorary Uniform, Order of Malta. Spain, possibly around the beginning of the 20
Located in Madrid, ES
Honorary Uniform, Order of Malta. Spain, possibly around the beginning of the 20th century.
Blue jacket or coat and trousers, the first of which bears the label of the Félix del Hie...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Galuchat by Lison de Caunes & Jean Perfettini (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book which was published in 1994 concentrates on the use of "Galuchat" predominantly in the making of furniture and other luxury household items in the 20th century - particular...
Category
20th Century Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Vintage model of a Ferrari Hydroplane 1954 50cm 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb Vintage model of a Ferrari Hydroplane from 1954.
Ferrari motor cars are adored on all corners of the globe and are seen as the ultimate status symbol for the rich a...
Category
1950s Vintage Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Virgin with Child. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 13th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Virgin with Child. Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 13th century.
It has faults.
Polychrome wood carving that shows the Virgin sitting on a throne, with her right hand r...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Gothic Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Cougar Taxidermy Mount on Base
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Crouching cougar on faux rock shelf. Harvested in British Columbia. 6’W x 36”H protrudes 26”.
PERIOD: Contemporary
ORIGIN: British Columbia, Canada
SIZ...
Category
2010s Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Vibrantly Coloured Peacock Pheasant Wall Mount, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A taxidermy grey peacock-pheasant (POLYPLECTRON BICALCARATUM)
20th century
Naturalistically mounted on a wood branch, in courting position, showing its peacock-eyed plumage, ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Saint Paul, Carved and Polychromed Wood. Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish school of the sixteenth century. "Saint Paul". Carved and polychrome wood.
Devotional image of a round piece carved in wood, polychrome and gilded, representing the Apostle ...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Blue Ridge Coral (20", 23 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Top quality natural flat bladed (laminar) formation of blue ridge coral. Heliopora coerulea is a unique species of coral in the wild and great to use in th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Other
Important 1937 Papier Mâche Head/Masks Of "The 7 Dwarfs" - A Revue For The Movie
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A truly spectacular and important piece of historical American film art. A group of Dwarf Masks from the 1937 Theater Land on stage revue of the new movie "Snow White and the Seven D...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
19th Century Portrait Miniature of a Man with a Yellow V-Neck Collar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine 19th century portrait miniature of a man with a yellow V-neck collar
A wonderful antique oil portrait of a distinguished gentleman.
Dim...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Compass with Pocket Sundial, with Case, Bronze, Butterfield, Michael '1635-1724'
Located in Madrid, ES
Compass with pocket sundial, with case. Bronze. BUTTERFIELD, Michael (1635-1724). Paris, circa 1700.
Pocket sundial made of engraved metal, with a gno...
Category
Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Other
Jansen: Decoration (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very scarce book printed in 1971, now long out of print, but still held to be one of the Classic books on interior decoration and design. The book covers a period of approximately one hundred years from 1880 to the year of printing. During this time Jansen expanded...
Category
20th Century Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Russian Princess with Tiara and Elaborate Jewelry Portrait Miniature
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Russian princess with tiara and elaborate jewelry portrait miniature
This young woman is wearing elaborate jewelry and a golden tiara....
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Very Large Edwardian Display Cabinet with Sea-Birds, circa 1900
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very large Edwardian taxidermy case with European sea-birds
Early 20th century
The birds perched on a rocky sea ledge with droppings and plants, naturalistically mounted...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
19th Century Sioux Bow, Arrows and Beaded Quiver Case
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sioux bow and quiver with beaded bands on top and bottom on both bow and quiver case. Bow 46" of bodack with original sinew string and three 24" matching arr...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations.
Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Other
Athena Goddess Cameo Intaglio, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Neoclassical Cameo Intaglio in biscuit.
Italy, 19th Century.
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Sundial with Compass and Case, Bronze, Bion, Nicholas, Paris, 18th Century
By Nicholas Bion
Located in Madrid, ES
Sundial with compass and case. Bronze. BION, Nicholas. Paris, 18th century.
Polygonal sundial with a bird-shaped gnomon and engraved triangular piece, which presents, on one side, ...
Category
18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Other
Genuine Large Red Pipe Organ Coral (22 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
The Red Pipe Organ coral (Tubipora musica) is an alcyonarian coral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean. It is the only k...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Other
1941 Folk Art Patience Bottle Signed And Dated
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A symbolic Christian patience bottle with a cross flanked by miniature bells, the front with a ladder, tools, plants and rooster. The bottle contains a signed paper label, dated Octo...
Category
20th Century Argentine Folk Art Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
"Child Jesus", Wood, Spanish School, 17th Century, pedestal made later.
Located in Madrid, ES
"Child Jesus". Carved and polychrome wood. Spanish school, 17th century. Base or pedestal made later.
Christ is presented naked, with a slight contrapposto on the legs and hips that...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
French Sarreguemines Late 19th Century Miniature Sink with Pastoral Scenes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French miniature sink from the late 19th century, with pastoral scenes and and removable basin. Created in the Moselle department located in current Northeastern France, this minia...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Marchal Ferrari 375 Plus Accessory Counter Advertising Sign, ca 1950’s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Marchal Ferrari accessory counter advertising sign, ca 1950’s, color litho celluloid over card backing.
The sign was produced when Marchal (electrical car parts including head lamps) provided Ferrari cars of accessory. Very Rare item, perfect for any car mascot, hood ornemant or automobilia collector.
The Artist was H. Camy, a French poster designer. He did works for Marchal and Citroen among others.
FERRARI 375 PLUS
After winning the Auto Sport World Championships in 1953, Enzo Ferrari decided to build a small series of spiders that would spearhead the Scuderia’s latest assault on the World title. These cars were to be known as the 375 PLUS for which Aurelio Lampredi developed a truly powerful V12 engine of nearly five litres while Pinin Farina took care of the coachwork. The results lived up to all expectations and the car also triumphed at Agadir, Silverstone and Le Mans. However, its most significant victory of all was Umberto Maglioli’s at the Carrera Panamericana...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Cougar Taxidermy Mount
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
North Idaho cougar mount on faux stone wall mount base.
PERIOD: Contemporary
ORIGIN: Colorado, United States
SIZE: 39"W cougar 39" x 27" plus wall mount
Family Owned & Operated
Cis...
Category
2010s American Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
$4,500
Ancient Neoclassical Cameo Intaglio, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Neoclassical Cameo Intaglio in biscuit.
Italy, 19th Century.
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Large Red Pipe Organ Coral (26.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
The Red Pipe Organ coral (Tubipora musica) is an alcyonarian coral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean. It is the only k...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Coral, Other
Symphonion Eroica Music Box.
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Exceptional and Rare Symphonion Music Box.
This stunning and highly rare Symphonion music box is a true masterpiece, famously known as the “Symphonion Eroica”. Its unique mechanism p...
Category
Late 19th Century German Other Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
$33,477
19th Century Northern Plains War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains war club with stylized stone buffalo head. Raw hide wrapped adorned with brass tacks. Much patina from use, blood, grease and sweat. Mu...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Native American Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Fossilized Keichousaurus in Matrix (513.4 grams)
Located in New York, NY
This is a fine example of a semiaquatic reptile from the Triasssic of China known as Keichousaurus hui. The Keichosaurs were members of the Pachypleurisauridae, and as such were rela...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Fossilized Keichousaurus in Matrix (212.3 grams)
Located in New York, NY
This is a fine example of a semiaquatic reptile from the Triasssic of China known as Keichousaurus hui. The Keichosaurs were members of the Pachypleurisauridae, and as such were rela...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Fossilized Keichousaurus in Matrix (527.8 grams)
Located in New York, NY
This is a fine example of a semiaquatic reptile from the Triasssic of China known as Keichousaurus hui. The Keichosaurs were members of the Pachypleurisauridae, and as such were rela...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Fossilized Keichousaurus in Matrix (716.5 grams)
Located in New York, NY
This is a fine example of a semiaquatic reptile from the Triasssic of China known as Keichousaurus hui. The Keichosaurs were members of the Pachypleurisauridae, and as such were rela...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Calcified Ammolite Ammonite (3.8 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer, displaying hints of vibrant red and yellow tones. This specimen displays multiple complete ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Gilt bronze pax board, Pietà. 16th-17th centuries, after Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper, Mercy. Golden bronze. Possibly Rome, last third of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th century, following the model of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Gilded bronze pla...
Category
Early 17th Century European Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other, Bronze
Genuine Calcified Ammolite Ammonite (2.5 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer, displaying hints of vibrant red and yellow tones. This specimen displays multiple complete ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Genuine Calcified Ammolite Ammonite (1.9 lbs)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, fossilized and calcified ammonite shell with an iridescent, opalized shimmer, displaying hints of vibrant red and yellow tones. This specimen displays multiple complete ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Last Supper. Silver-plated metal, wood. Spanish school, mid-20th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Last Supper. Silver-plated metal, wood. Spanish school, mid-20th century.
Wall painting with a silverplated metal relief depicting the Last Supper (title in the lower area), with Ch...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Other
19th Century Northern Plains Beaded Possibles Bag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Northern Plains beaded possible bag. Sinew sewn and beaded on softly tanned hide using colors of red white heart, pea green, greasy yellow, royal blue and...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Antique Miniature Portrait Of A Young Man – Circa 1830–1845
Located in Bilzen, BE
A superb hand-painted miniature portrait of a refined young gentleman, dated early 19th century (circa 1830–1845), presented in its original oval gilt-brass frame with protective dom...
Category
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Early 20th-Century Apache Wooden Fiddle (Tsii’edo’a’tl) by Amos Gustina
By Amos Gustina
Located in Denver, CO
This rare early 20th-century Apache wooden fiddle—known as tsii’edo’a’tl, meaning “wood that sings”—is a remarkable example of Native American musical craftsmanship and cultural heri...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
19th Century Native American Ball Head War Club
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Ball headed war club of walnut with carved panther effigy. The panther is rare and a powerful warrior symbol that has different interpretations "He ...
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Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Marc Newson Works
By Alison Castle, Marc Newson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The gospel according to Marc.
Marc Newson's complete works to date.
He has designed chairs, restaurants, boutiques, cars, planes, and even a spaceship. For Australian Industrial designer Marc Newson, the sky is no limit. From mass-produced objects to limited edition furniture to fashion, Newson has blurred boundaries, mapped new territories, and made himself an international superstar.
This comprehensive tome leaves no stone unturned in cataloguing all of Newson’s works to date, from early pieces such as Lockheed Lounge (which holds the world record for the highest price paid for a piece of designer furniture, at over two million dollars) through designs of household objects and more recent, large-scale projects such as the interior of Qantas’s A380 and the Aquariva boat.
Encyclopedia-style entries, arranged chronologically by categories: Furniture, Objects, Interiors and Architecture, Timepieces and Jewelry, Transport, and Unreleased Projects.
Extended, in-depth case studies for a selection of Newson’s most important projects: the Kelvin40 plane, Qantas Airbus A380, Gagosian art editions, Ford 021C, Ikepod watches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
$1,750 / item
Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Christ with angel. Oil on canvas. 18th century.
The painting depicts Christ, dressed, supported by the shoulders or back by an angel, both figures situated in an indeterminate space...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
A painted model of a famous English medieval house built from matchsticks C1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb highly detailed English folk art model dates to the early 20th century and depicts a complicated half timbered and thatched famous Hereford property entitled “The Old Hou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Roosevelt Elk Taxidermy Mount
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Great old style mount Roosevelt elk. 6 x 6, 43" wide, 52" H, protrudes 48". Great for lodge, cabin or rustic decor.
Period: 20th century
Origin: Washington
Size: 43" W, 52" H, protr...
Category
2010s Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Devotional Pendant, Oil on Aventurine, Gold, Enamel, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant or reliquary. Oil painting on aventurine, enamel, gold. Spain, 17th century.
Medallion or devotional pendant or reliquary made of aventurine or aventurine with an octagonal shape and faceted fronts, enhanced with a series of enamels combining black and gold, which protect two oil paintings with a Catholic Christian religious theme, located one on each side of the piece. Protected, you can see a very particular Virgin with Child for being inspired by the Icon of the Madonna del Popolo (Rome, Italy), and a simplified Martyrdom of San Lorenzo (the saint, the grill and an angel with a crown and the palm corresponding to the subject). The edges of the piece have been protected with simple metal elements.
The painting of San Lorenzo follows a common composition in the Spanish school, and would recall works such as the painting of the main altar of the Church of San Lorenzo de Huesca, for example, but also others such as the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi (executed around 1527) in some details. The so-called icon of the Madonna del Popolo was well known for being considered as made by Saint Luke, and was brought to the church of the same denomination by Gregory IX from the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran Palace after a flood caused a terrible plague in the city and through a solemn procession with the image of Santa Maria del Popolo.
Regarding the material of the piece, a certain type of glass and a type of quartz (which can be green or reddish-brown, and usually has tiny elements of yellow mica that give it golden reflections) is known as aventurine or aventurine. In the first case, it is known that “aventurine” or “stellaria” appears mentioned in the Murano workshops for the first time during the first quarter of the 17th century, in reference to a very complicated production paste (it is said that the name comes from of this circumstance, that is, that its creation was due to luck or luck) that imitates the effects of that stone (from India and Russia at that time) thanks to the inclusion of copper particles, and that it was used as if out of stone (cut) given the complexity of its use in blowing (practically impossible). And, dealing with this material, it is necessary to mention “The Nativity” by Pietro da Cortona, dated around 1656, which is kept in the El Prado...
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Other
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand bell or bell, “from Malinas”. Bronze. 16th century.
Hand bell with clapper made of bronze and decorated on the outside with a slight relief. The base has, between bands, an ins...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze, Other
Antique Tarahumara Tesquino Vessel
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This Tarahamara vessel was used to make corn beer in Copper Canyon, Mexico. Complete with iron stand. Rawhide wrapped for stability, a used piece. 19" D x 25" H. Great match to P510....
Category
Late 19th Century Mexican Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Ellen von Unwerth Fräulein
By Ellen von Unwerth, Ingrid Sischy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
They're not your girls next door.
Fashion and fetish in a female fantasyland.
Collector’s edition, limited to 1,500 numbered copies, each signed by the photographer.
Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world’s most original and successful fashion photographers, she pays homage to the world‘s most delectable females in Fräulein. This celebration of our era’s sexiest female icons includes Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan, Dita von Teese, Adriana Lima, Carla Bruni, Eva Green...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Healing of the Paralytic. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Partially rebuilt.
A religious scene set in a prestigious interior, made of two-tone stone, depicting a ser...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
"Madonna with Child and Angels". Italy, 15th-16th Centuries
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze in its color and gold, lapis lazuli, rock crystal, enamel.
In the centre of the work is presented, enthroned, the figure of Mary, with a mantel (fireplace) on her shoulders and hair and holding on her knees the child, who appears addressing one of the angels. The virgin is also sheltered by an ogee arch supported on turned columns, and raised visually by steps. This composition achieves a very striking contrast: the dark bronze figure, in contrast to the lapis lazuli background and the part of the arch and the outside of it, in gilded bronze. Under the steps there is a heraldic enamel shield with a key on an azure background. The angels, kneeling, are flanking this figure, and, appearing in dark bronze, visually share the "category" of religious figures with Mary, while their (lower) position gives more status to both the Mother and Jesus. The rest of the composition is completed with a delicate landscape: constructions and walls on mountains, clouds in the sky, plants, stones, etc. To the outside, another lapis lazuli frame is placed decorated in the corners with appliques, giving way to carved and polychrome wood. The lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone already known in the seventh millennium BC., found in deposits from the Caucasus to Mauritania. From the end of the middle ages, it increased its export to Europe, its use being more frequent since then both to use it as a pigment in paintings after grinding it (giving rise to the finest and most expensive of the blues, and of the colors in many occasions), as for backgrounds of paintings, incrustations in works of art, jewelry and, a little later, in the well-known "hard stone works". The figure of Mary still shows an influence of Gothic models, although more European than Italian, along with elements that could already show a closeness to the Renaissance: although the nakedness of Jesus is already shown in Gothic works (Madonna with Angels by Fra Angelico ), the creation of space by playing with the cloth in front of Christ can be appreciated in more advanced paintings (Virgin with Child by Domenico Ghirlandaio, National Gallery of London); the presence of a powerful throne can be seen frequently in Italian Madonnas of the Quattrocento (and before), but not quite as presented here. As for the landscape, it is necessary to compare it, for example, with that of the fresco of the Condotiero Guidoriccio de Fogliano (Simone Martini, finished in 1328). This is a work of great technical and aesthetic quality, not to mention the materials chosen for its creation, comparable only to outstanding examples from around the world, such as those preserved in the Palazzo Madama in Torino (Italy), where the coral It also has an important role. It is essential to mention, also, works such as the plate of hard stones (lapis lazuli between them) with a relief of Mary with the Child in...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Enamel, Other
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Jerome. Oil on slatted panel. Surroundings of KEY, Willem. 16th century.
With monogram (illegible) and dated (right ear of the saint).
Oil on oak panel showing a thin, elderl...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Other Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
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