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Notebook
  • Notebook
    Johann Christian Neuber, born 1735 - died 1808
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Notebook

  • Place of origin:

    Dresden, Germany (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Johann Christian Neuber, born 1735 - died 1808 (attributed, maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    <i>Pietre dure</i>, chased and reeded gold, miniature on ivory, silk and paper

  • Credit Line:

    The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

  • Museum number:

    LOAN:GILBERT.351:3-2008

  • Gallery location:

    On loan

  • Image in copyright

Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
On long-term loan to Los Angeles County Museum from 2010.

Physical description

A gold rectangular notebook with a red silk lining. The cover is inlaid with lozenges in a variety of hardstones. In the centre of each side is an oval, gold framed miniature: Marie-Antoinette on the front and Louis XVI on the back. The gold pencil holds the book shut by being placed through loops to the right-hand side. There is a paper notebook with pink covers inside.

Place of Origin

Dresden, Germany (made)

Date

ca. 1800 (made)

Artist/maker

Johann Christian Neuber, born 1735 - died 1808 (attributed, maker)

Materials and Techniques

Pietre dure, chased and reeded gold, miniature on ivory, silk and paper

Marks and inscriptions

Dutch tax mark, after 1831

Dimensions

Length: 11.7 cm, Width: 8.5 cm, Depth: 1.35 cm

Object history note

Provenance: King Farouk of Egypt, sale, Sotheby's, Cairo, The Palace Collections of Egypt, Koubbeh Palace, 18 March 1954, lot 703; Baron de Redé, sale, France; Sotheby's, sale, Monaco, 25-26 May 1975, lot 41.

Descriptive line

Pietre dure, chased and reeded gold, miniature on ivory, silk and paper, Dresden, ca.1800, by Johann Christian Neuber

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Massinelli, Anna Maria with contributions by Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel. Hardstones: The Gilbert Collection. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with The Gilbert Collection, 2000, 329 p., ill. Cat. no. 86, p. 200. ISBN 0856675105.
Coffin, Sarah and Bodo Hofstetter. Portrait Miniatures in Enamel. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd. in association with the Gilbert Collection, 2000. 168 p., ill. Cat. no. 87, pp. 135-136. ISBN 0856675334.
Koeppe, Wolfram and Annamaria Giusti.with contributions by Cristina Acidini ... [et al.] ; edited by Wolfram Koeppe. Art of the Royal Court : Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe. New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2008. Pp. 265-6, cat. no. 92.
Wheeler, Daniel, ed. with introduction by Alexis Gregory. Princely Taste: Treasures from Great Private Collections. Exhibition catalogue, Jerusalem: Israel Museum, vol. 369, 1995, p. 75.
Williams, Elizabeth A. The Gilbert Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), 2010, fig. 32, p. 62. ISBN 9780875872100

Exhibition History

Princely Taste: Treasures from Great Private Collections (The Israel Museum 21/03/1995-17/06/1995)
The Gilbert Collection: Monumental Silver and the Art of Mosaics (Los Angeles County Museum of Art 28/04/1977-10/07/1977)

Materials

Paper; Gold; Silk; Enamel; Metal; Ivory; Hardstone

Techniques

Enamelling; Chasing

Subjects depicted

Marie-Antoinette; Louis (XVI, King of France)

Categories

Personal accessories; Metalwork

Collection code

MET

Qr_O166452
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