Medieval History
I could not resist - I have to include here a few other superb objects from the Salgó collection. All these have been published before in the catalog of the collection, and now appear in the Collection database of the Metropolitan Museum, as outlined in my previous post.
First here is this beautiful 16th century Hungarian belt buckle, decorated with pearls and rubies:
Then there is a nice late 16th century silver-gilt tankard from Transylvania, made by the goldsmith Gregorius Gunesch (Nagyszeben/Hermannstadt/Sibiu). It is not illustrated in the collection database, the picture below is from the 1996 catalog.
Somewhat later is one of my favorite pieces from the Salgó-collection, a spice canister from 1681, commissioned by Michael Teleki, chancellor of Mihály Apafi, Prince of Transylvania. Once again the image below is from the 1996 catalog - a brief description is given by the Metropolitan Museum collection database.
There is a lot more in the collection. I will give an update here, once more images will be added to the collection database of the museum.
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Medieval History
Hungarian goldsmith objects enter the Metropolitan Museum, part II.
I could not resist - I have to include here a few other superb objects from the Salgó collection. All these have been published before in the catalog of the collection, and now appear in the Collection database of the Metropolitan Museum, as outlined in my previous post.
First here is this beautiful 16th century Hungarian belt buckle, decorated with pearls and rubies:
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| Belt buckle from the Salgó collection Metropolitan Museum, 2010.110.1 |
Then there is a nice late 16th century silver-gilt tankard from Transylvania, made by the goldsmith Gregorius Gunesch (Nagyszeben/Hermannstadt/Sibiu). It is not illustrated in the collection database, the picture below is from the 1996 catalog.
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| Silver-gilt tankard from the Salgó collection Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.110.6 |
Somewhat later is one of my favorite pieces from the Salgó-collection, a spice canister from 1681, commissioned by Michael Teleki, chancellor of Mihály Apafi, Prince of Transylvania. Once again the image below is from the 1996 catalog - a brief description is given by the Metropolitan Museum collection database.
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| Spice canister from the Salgó collection Metropolitan Museum, 2010.110.39 |
There is a lot more in the collection. I will give an update here, once more images will be added to the collection database of the museum.
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Chalice, 1462, Inv. 2010.109.6As reported earlier on this blog, The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently purchased the best objects from the collection of the late Nicholas M. Salgo. The collection includes two late medieval chalices, likely made in...
- Gothic Ivories In Hungary
Diptych, Paris, 14th century. Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest At the most recent update of the Gothic Ivories Project, coordinated by The Courtauld Institute of Art, medieval ivories in Hungarian public collections were also added to the database. You...
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Lidded jug, 1605. Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu) © Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt Since earlier this year, the gold and silver collection of István Heller has been on view at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt. István...
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Nautilus cup Nagyszeben, mid-17th century About 30 precious silver and goldsmith works from Hungary and Transylvania will be auctioned off at Christie's New York tomorrow (17 May 2011). (Sale 2447: Important English, Continental and American...
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The Metropolitan Museum has just made available a number of detail photographs of the two medieval chalices which had recently entered the museum from the Salgó collection. Both chalices date from the mid-15th century, and are decorated with a special...