Pendant Shaped as a Dragon

c. 1575-c. 1600

Spanish

Status: On View, Gallery 238
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Pendant Shaped as a Dragon
Place: Spain (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1575–1600
Medium: Gold, enamel, and baroque pearls
Dimensions: 7.8 × 4.7 cm (3 1/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
Reference Number: 1992.295
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Peter Stone, “Baroque Pearls,” Apollo 69, no. 410 (1959), pp. 107-112, here p. 108.
Ian Wardropper et al, Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 25, 2 (2000), pp. 27, 68-71 and 96, no. 31.

Virginia, Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, Melvin Gutman Collection of Antique Jewelry, 1964-66, cat. 23.
Chicago, The Martin D’Arcy Gallery of Art, The Art of Jewelry 1450-1650, Spring 1975, cat. 18.
The Art Institute of Chicago: Renaissance Decorative Arts from Chicago Collections, March 2, 1987 – June 14, 1987.

Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1966 [sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, October 17, 1969, no. 82]; Marilynn B.Alsdorf, Chicago [according to Wardropper 2000, p. 4]; given to the Art Institute, 1991.

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