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IVORY MEDALLION OF ELEONORE ERDMUTHE LUISE VON BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH
Germany, late 19th century. Copy after Jean Cavalier (active 1680-1707).
Round ivory medallion carved in relief. Bust portrait of Eleonore Erdmuthe Luise of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1662-1696) to the right. Circumferential inscription ELEONORE ERDM LOVY MARCH BRAND. Pierced at the top.
Ø 8.6 cm.
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Provenance:
- Alain Moatti, Paris, 14 March 1977 (with copy of a letter).
- Collection Dr. E. Boehlen, Berne, acquired from the above gallery.
Eleonore Erdmuthe Luise von Sachsen-Eisenach, Countess of Saxony and later Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was born on 13 April 1662 and died on 9 September 1696. She had been married to Johann Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach (born 8 October 1654, died 22 March 1686) since 1681. An almost identical ivory medallion, but with a smaller diameter, by Jean Cavalier can be found in the Coin Cabinet of the Berlin State Collections (Inv. No. 18203775).
Literature:
- Arvid Julius: Jean Cavalier och nagra andra elfenbensniddare-studier i elfenbenplastik i Sverige. Upsala, 1926.
- Louis Grodecki: Ivoires Français. 1947, pp. 136-137.
- Christian Scherer: Elfenbeinplastik seit der Renaissance. Leipzig, 1903, p. 29.
This object cannot be exported from Switzerland due to the use of protected materials and the lack of documentation.
- Alain Moatti, Paris, 14 March 1977 (with copy of a letter).
- Collection Dr. E. Boehlen, Berne, acquired from the above gallery.
Eleonore Erdmuthe Luise von Sachsen-Eisenach, Countess of Saxony and later Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was born on 13 April 1662 and died on 9 September 1696. She had been married to Johann Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach (born 8 October 1654, died 22 March 1686) since 1681. An almost identical ivory medallion, but with a smaller diameter, by Jean Cavalier can be found in the Coin Cabinet of the Berlin State Collections (Inv. No. 18203775).
Literature:
- Arvid Julius: Jean Cavalier och nagra andra elfenbensniddare-studier i elfenbenplastik i Sverige. Upsala, 1926.
- Louis Grodecki: Ivoires Français. 1947, pp. 136-137.
- Christian Scherer: Elfenbeinplastik seit der Renaissance. Leipzig, 1903, p. 29.
This object cannot be exported from Switzerland due to the use of protected materials and the lack of documentation.
CHF 300 / 500 | (€ 310 / 520)
Sold for CHF 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.