Object Information

European

Pendant with Cameo showing Juno and Minerva, 19th century

Cameo: agate
Frame: enamel, gold, diamonds, and pearl
7.1 x 4.4 cm (2 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1991.377

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Detroit Institute of Arts, Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400-1600, November 18, 1958 - January 4, 1959, cat. 375.

Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, Renaissance Jewels and Jeweled Objects from the Melvin Gutman Collection, 1968, cat. 43.

Chicago, The Martin D'Arcy Gallery of Art, The Art of Jewelry 1450-1650, 1975, cat. 34.

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Insitute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 25-26, 96, cat. 30.

Ownership History

Henry Symords (1821-1879), Birmingham, England. Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1968 [sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, October 17, 1969, no. 56].