About This Artwork

German, probably Saxon

Three plaques, mid-17th century

Gold and enamel
1.4 x 2.3 cm (9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.498

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), p. 52 (ill.) and 93, no. 18.

Ownership History

Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1968 [sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, December 7, 1971, lot. 21]; Marilynn B.Alsdorf, Chicago [according to Wardropper 2000, p. 4]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.