About This Artwork

Spanish

Two-Sided Pendant with the Appearance of the Virgin to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and the Virgin Immaculate with Ramon Llull and Duns Scotus, late 17th/early 18th century

Gold, enamels, and reverse painting (verre eglomisé) on glass
5.7 x 5.3 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/16 in.)
Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf, 1992.544

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Virginia, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences Melvin Gutman Collection of Antique Jewelry, 1964-66, cat. 60.

Publication History

Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 46-47 and 93, no. 13.

Ownership History

Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1964; his sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, April 24, 1969, no. 36; Marilynn B. Alsdorf, Chicago [according to Wardropper 2000, p. 4]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.