1
THE'PARKER' I NTAGLI
1⅜in.
43mm., 1¾in.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE BRITISH COLLECTION, LOTS 1 – 15
overall
ITALIAN, 16TH/ EARLY 17TH CENTURY
INTAGLIO WITH VENUS AND CUPID AT THE FORGE
OF VENUS
banded agate within a pendant mount
intaglio: 35mm.,
LITE RATURE
A.
W ay, ‘Notice of a Jeweled Ornament presented to Queen
Eliza beth by Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury’,
Arch aeological Journal, 19, 1862, pp.
145-158
RELA TED LITERATURE
R.
Raspe and W.
Tassie, A Descriptive Catalogue of a General
Colle ction of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems Cameos as
well a s Intaglios, London, 1791; E.F.
Bange,
Bron zen der renaissance und des barock.
Berli n, 1922, vol.II; M.
Henig and M.
Vickers,
The B enjamin Zucker Lectures, 1990, Oxford, 1993; I.
Weber,
Gesc hnittene Steine des 18.
bis 20.
Jahrhunderts: Vergessene
Kost barkeiten in der Staatlichen Münzsammlung München
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R.
Ca sadio, Bronzi e pietre dure nelle incisioni di Valerio Belli
vicen tino, Ferrara, 2004; J.
Boardman, D.
Scarisbrick, C.
Wagner
and E
Zwierlein-Diehl, The Marlborough Gems: Formerly at
Blenh eim Palace, Oxfordshire, Oxford, 2009; D.
Scarisbrick, C.
Wagn er and J.
Boardman, The Guy Ladrière collection
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Scarisbrick, C.
Wagner and J.
Die Italienischen
Reliefs und Plaketten,
Cameos in Context:
,
Valerio
Boardman,
Colle ction of Gems at Alnwick Castle, London, 2017
PROVENANCE
By tradition Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-1575);
by whom gifted to Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603)
[as described by Albert Way, ‘Notice of a Jeweled Ornament
presented to Queen Elizabeth by Matthew Parker, Archbishop
of Canterbury’, Archaeological Journal, 19, 1862, pp.
, London,
The Beverley
145-158];
possibly acquired John Sharp, Archbishop of York (1645-1714);
thence by family descent
certainly by family descent to Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker
(1807-1886);
thence by family descent to the present owners
EXHIBITED
London, Tudor Exhibition.
£ 10,000-20,000 1889-1890
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, on long term loa
(ref: LOAN:MET ANON.107-1968
Buyers are liable to pay both the hammer price (as estimated above) and the buyer’s prem ium together with any applicable taxes and Artist’s Resale Right
10
(which will depend on the individual circumstances).
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