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PARTLY DESIGNED AND PERHAPS MADE BY REINHOLD VASTERS (GERMAN, ERKELENZ 1827-1909 AACHEN) OR, ALFRED ANDRÉ. Pendant with Venus and Cupid on a Dolphin

PARTLY DESIGNED AND PERHAPS MADE BY REINHOLD VASTERS (GERMAN, ERKELENZ 1827-1909 AACHEN) OR and ALFRED ANDRÉ. Pendant with Venus and Cupid on a Dolphin. Artist: partly designed and perhaps made by Reinhold Vasters (German, Erkelenz 1827-1909 Aachen) or; Alfred André (French, 1839-1919). Dimensions: H. 11 cm, w. 8.5 cm.. Date: ca. 1865-90.
The white enameled figures of Venus and Cupid are seated upon a fantastic sea creature. The mythological subject of Venus, goddess of love, accompanied by her son Cupid and a sea creature (signifying her birth from the sea and erotic love), dates back to antiquity and was a popular theme during the Renaissance and later periods. A pendant with such amorous connotations could have served as a nuptial gift. A series of sixteenth-century engravings by Adriaen Collaert depicting designs for pendants in the form of sea monsters attests to the popularity of this motif in Renaissance jewelry. Such engravings likely provided models for the highly skilled European goldsmiths of the nineteenth century, such as Reinhold Vasters and Alfred André, who produced Renaissance-revival jewelry, of which the present pendant is a striking example.

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Author: PARTLY DESIGNED AND PERHAPS MADE BY REINHOLD VASTERS (GERMAN, ERKELENZ 1827-1909 AACHEN) OR • ALFRED ANDRÉ (1839-1919)

Title: Pendant with Venus and Cupid on a Dolphin

Caption: Pendant with Venus and Cupid on a Dolphin. Artist: partly designed and perhaps made by Reinhold Vasters (German, Erkelenz 1827-1909 Aachen) or; Alfred André (French, 1839-1919). Dimensions: H. 11 cm, w. 8.5 cm.. Date: ca. 1865-90. The white enameled figures of Venus and Cupid are seated upon a fantastic sea creature. The mythological subject of Venus, goddess of love, accompanied by her son Cupid and a sea creature (signifying her birth from the sea and erotic love), dates back to antiquity and was a popular theme during the Renaissance and later periods. A pendant with such amorous connotations could have served as a nuptial gift. A series of sixteenth-century engravings by Adriaen Collaert depicting designs for pendants in the form of sea monsters attests to the popularity of this motif in Renaissance jewelry. Such engravings likely provided models for the highly skilled European goldsmiths of the nineteenth century, such as Reinhold Vasters and Alfred André, who produced Renaissance-revival jewelry, of which the present pendant is a striking example.

Technique/material: enameled gold, rubies, and pearls

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

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Image size: 3276 × 4094 px | 38.4 MB

Print size: 27.7 × 34.7 cm | 1289.8 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALFRED ANDRÉ • COSTUME • ENAMELED GOLD, RUBIES, AND PEARLS • EUROPE • GEMSTONE • GERMANY • GOLD • JEWELRY • JEWELRY: PEARLS • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PARTLY DESIGNED AND PERHAPS MADE BY REINHOLD VASTERS (GERMAN, ERKELENZ 1827-1909 AACHEN) OR • PEARL • PEARLS • PENDANTS • PRECIOUS STONE • ROBERT LEHMAN COLLECTION • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • RUBY • STONE • STONES