About This Artwork

Sicilian (?)

Two-Sided Pendant with Jesus and Virgin Mary, 18th century

Enameled gold and coral
4.6 x 2.5 cm (1 13/16 x 1 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.529

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Renaissance Jewels and Jeweled Objects from the Melvin Gutman Collection, 1962-68, cat.18.

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 95 and 99, no. 64.

Ownership History

Professor Luigi Grassi (d. 1937), Florence, later New York, by 1927 [sold, New York, American Art Galleries, January 20-22, 1927, no. 450]. Mrs. Henry Walters (Sarah Jones Pembroke Walters, died 1943) New York and Baltimore [sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, April 30 and May 1-3, 1941, no. 1104]. Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1962; his sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, October 17, 1969, no. 48; Marilynn B. Alsdorf [according to Wardropper 2000, p. 4]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.




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