Works of Art
A Renaissance Tabernacle Front
Mid-Italian, probably Tuscany or the Florence region
Renaissance, second quarter of the 16th Century, dated '1537'
Inscribed and dated '+ 1537 . IACOBVS . CABVS . IERONIMVS . CAZS', on the top
Marble, on a later black metal stand
H. 56 cm. W. 48 cm. (excluding stand)
Peter van den Gheyn II
Malines
Renaissance, dated ‘1577’
A Gilded bronze Table Bell
Bronze, with original gilding
Depicting Orpheus playing to the animals amid scrolls between lettered bands:
‘O MATER DE MEMENTO MEI’ and ‘PETRVS GHEINEVS ME FECIT 1577’ at the rim. The handle formed of two addorsed putti.
H. 14 cm.
A Spanish Trestle Table
Spain
Baroque, first quarter of the 17th Century
Walnut and wrought iron
H. 77 cm. W. 109 cm. D. 64 cm.
A Renaissance twelve-light two-tier Bolkroon Chandelier
Netherlands
Renaissance, second half of the 17th Century, ca. 1670/80
Brass
H. 80 cm. D. 84 cm.
Hermanus Boekwijt
Leiden
Louis XVI, last quarter of the 18th century, dated ‘Februarij 1796’
Silver Tobacco Box with the portraits of William V (1748 – 1806) prince of Orange and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and his consort Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1751 – 1820)
Silver, cased and engraved, with original gilded interior, marked ‘HB’, the key city mark of Leiden with the year letter ‘O’ (1796) and the axe/hatchet mark, (1853-1927, tax mark on old Netherlands hallmarked silver items returning to the market)
L. 13,2 cm. W. 6,2 cm. H. 3 cm.