Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh’s Dream
- Date
- c.1585
- Material
- Enamel on copper
- made in
- Limoges, Limousin region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Enamels, metalwork
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (1.9 x 20 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lopata
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 222:1986
Provenance
by 1862 - 1883
John Winston Spencer Churchill (1822-1883), 7th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England [1]
1883/06/14
In auction, "The Choice Collection of Limoges Enamels, from Blenheim Palace," Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 14, 1883, lot no. 46 [2]
- 1927
Madame de Polès, Paris, France
1927/06/22
In auction, "Catalogue des Objets d'art et de magnifique ameublement du xviiieme siècle composant la très importante collection de Madame de Polès," Georges Petit, June 22-24, 1927, lot no. 150 [3]
1927 -
G. Seligmann [4]
1966/03/14
In auction, "Objets d'Art et d'Ameublement du XVIII Siècle Tableaux Anciens", Palais Galleriea, Paris, France, 14 March 1964, lot no. 66 [5]
-1970
Charles Ratton, Paris, France
1970 - 1986
Stanley (d.2003) and Lucy Lopata, St. Louis, MO, purchased from Charles Ratton [5]
1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Stanley and Lucy Lopata [6]
Notes:
[1] The plate was listed with other enamels in the Duchess's sitting room in George Scharf, FSA. "Catalogue Raisonné; or, a List of the Pictures in Blenheim Palace: with Occasional Remarks and Illustrative Notes." Part I. London: Dorrell & Son, 1862, p.122.
[2] "The Choice Collection of Limoges Enamels, from Blenheim Palace," Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 14, 1883, lot no. 46 [SLAM document files].
[3] See "Catalogue des Objets d'art et de magnifique ameublement du xviiieme siècle composant la très importante collection de Madame de Polès," Georges Petit, June 22-24, 1927, lot no. 150 [SLAM document files].
[4] See note [3]. The Getty Museum's copy of the sale catalogue contains the annotation of the buyer of this lot, G.(?) Seligmann, presumably for Galerie Seligmann (or Arnold Seligmann & Cie., or J. Seligmann & Cie., Paris, France, or Jacques Seligmann & Company, New York, New York).
[5] See "Objets d'Art et d'Ameublement du XVIII Siècle Tableaux Anciens", Palais Galleriea, Paris, France, 14 March 1964, lot no. 66 [SLAM document files].
[6] Invoice to Mr. Lopata from Charles Ratton dated July 22, 1970 [SLAM document files]. When Mr. and Mrs. Lopata gave the enamel to the Museum, he reconfirmed his purchase of the enamel from Charles Ratton [per handwritten notes on SLAM receipt letter dated December 3, 1986, SLAM document files].
[7] See note [5]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 18, 1986.
John Winston Spencer Churchill (1822-1883), 7th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England [1]
1883/06/14
In auction, "The Choice Collection of Limoges Enamels, from Blenheim Palace," Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 14, 1883, lot no. 46 [2]
- 1927
Madame de Polès, Paris, France
1927/06/22
In auction, "Catalogue des Objets d'art et de magnifique ameublement du xviiieme siècle composant la très importante collection de Madame de Polès," Georges Petit, June 22-24, 1927, lot no. 150 [3]
1927 -
G. Seligmann [4]
1966/03/14
In auction, "Objets d'Art et d'Ameublement du XVIII Siècle Tableaux Anciens", Palais Galleriea, Paris, France, 14 March 1964, lot no. 66 [5]
-1970
Charles Ratton, Paris, France
1970 - 1986
Stanley (d.2003) and Lucy Lopata, St. Louis, MO, purchased from Charles Ratton [5]
1986 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Stanley and Lucy Lopata [6]
Notes:
[1] The plate was listed with other enamels in the Duchess's sitting room in George Scharf, FSA. "Catalogue Raisonné; or, a List of the Pictures in Blenheim Palace: with Occasional Remarks and Illustrative Notes." Part I. London: Dorrell & Son, 1862, p.122.
[2] "The Choice Collection of Limoges Enamels, from Blenheim Palace," Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 14, 1883, lot no. 46 [SLAM document files].
[3] See "Catalogue des Objets d'art et de magnifique ameublement du xviiieme siècle composant la très importante collection de Madame de Polès," Georges Petit, June 22-24, 1927, lot no. 150 [SLAM document files].
[4] See note [3]. The Getty Museum's copy of the sale catalogue contains the annotation of the buyer of this lot, G.(?) Seligmann, presumably for Galerie Seligmann (or Arnold Seligmann & Cie., or J. Seligmann & Cie., Paris, France, or Jacques Seligmann & Company, New York, New York).
[5] See "Objets d'Art et d'Ameublement du XVIII Siècle Tableaux Anciens", Palais Galleriea, Paris, France, 14 March 1964, lot no. 66 [SLAM document files].
[6] Invoice to Mr. Lopata from Charles Ratton dated July 22, 1970 [SLAM document files]. When Mr. and Mrs. Lopata gave the enamel to the Museum, he reconfirmed his purchase of the enamel from Charles Ratton [per handwritten notes on SLAM receipt letter dated December 3, 1986, SLAM document files].
[7] See note [5]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Administrative Board of Control, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 18, 1986.
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