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The Last Supper, bronze plaque
Leonardo da Vinci (after)
Bronze plaque in dark patina, cast with lost wax and cold retouched with chisel made after the wall painting obtained with a dry mixed technique on plaster by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), datable to 1494-1498 and commissioned by Ludovico Maria Sforza called il Moro (1452-1508) for the refectory of the convent adjacent the sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
Lombardy, Italy, 1498-1519
Scuol Wooden Panel or Mengelberg Panel
Oak panel carved in bas-relief decorated with the Annunciation. In the upper part, God the Father is accompanied by Moses holding the Tables of the Law; carved lozenge background.
Origin: Ruth Teschner, antique dealer, New York, before 1950, Kunstveilingen S. J. Mak Van Waay, antique dealer, Amsterdam, before 1950, former Prof. Dr. Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951, Switzerland), conductor, friend of Gustav Mahler and to whom Strauss and Rachmaninov dedicated works.
Anita met Prof. Mengelberg during her youth in Scuol - Schuls, Lower Engadine, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland.
Normandy or Northern France, early 16th century
Renaissance Iron Triton with a Conch Shell
Triton in Greek mythology is the son of the sea god Poseidon and here he is depicted with a large shell. Particular is the artist's choice to represent him with the lower part of the human body (usually Triton is depicted with the human upper half and the lower half in the shape of fish).
Embossed iron built in separate parts and chiselled, Northern Italy, second half of the 16th century
Carved boxwood plaque representing Saint Anne with child Virgin Mary.
Saint Anne is considered by the Christian religion to be the wife of Joachim and the mother of the Virgin Mary. Here she is represented on an anthropomorphic throne with the Virgin Mary in her arms.
Instead Mary holds a doll in her arms.
This is a probable reference to Anne of Brittany (1477–1514) was Duchess of Brittany from 1488 to 1514 and, by marriage, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of the Romans (1490-1491), then Queen of France (1491-1498) and Queen of Sicily and Jerusalem, then again Queen of France (1499-1514) and Duchess of Milan. Anne of Brittany loved to collect dolls and donate them. In 1494 he paid an exorbitant price for a poupée to give to the Queen of Spain.
France, 16th century
