Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

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Hardstones

Pair of Vases
Early seventeenth century
Golden alabaster {aUbastro dorato) with
paragone marble bases
Height (with lid): 1 ft. 2 in. (35.5 cm);
Height (without lid): 9% in. (24 cm);
Width: ι ft. 4^3 4 in. (42.7 cm)
Accession number 92.DJ.68.1-.2
PROVENANCE
Sold, Sotheby's, Monte Carlo, March 3,
1990, lot 70; [Didier Aaron, Paris]; [Same
Art, Ltd., Zurich].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1992," GettyMusJ 21 (1993),
in press, illus.

Mosaics


  1. Portrait of Pope Clement VIII
    (Ippolito Aldobrandini)
    Florence, 1600-1601
    Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi; produced in
    the Galleria de' Lavori in pietre dure by
    Romolo di Francesco Ferrucci, called
    del Tadda


Marble, lapis lazuli, mother-of-pearl, lime­
stone, and calcite (some overpainted paper
or fabric cartouches) on a silicate black
stone in original gilt-bronze frame
Height (with frame): 3 ft. 3 I3/i6 in. (101.7 cm);
Width (with frame): 2 ft. 5^5 /s in. (75.2 cm);
Height (without frame): 3 ft. 23 /i6 in. (97 cm);
Width (without frame): 2 ft. 2^3 4 in. (68 cm)
Accession number 92.SE.67

391

One of a pair 390


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