The Sacrifice of Isaac
The size and shape of this pendant suggests that its model was not a Renaissance jewel, but perhaps instead an ornamental cartouche from the rim of a Mannerist silver basin, a plaquette of gold, silver, or rock crystal from a jewel casket, or a book cover. The ornament on the frame and the back of the pendant is a mixture of decorative motifs that were in vogue at several different periods during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The central pattern on the back, ultimately derived from sixteenth-century Moresque ornament, is comparable to one of Reinhold Vasters’s designs for a pendant in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, but the identity of the maker of this pendant remains uncertain.
[Clare Vincent, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, p. 199, no. 119]
[Clare Vincent, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, p. 199, no. 119]
Artwork Details
- Title: The Sacrifice of Isaac
- Designer: Probably after a design by Reinhold Vasters (German, Erkelenz 1827–1909 Aachen)
- Date: probably second half 19th century
- Culture: probably French or German
- Medium: Enameled gold set with emeralds, rubies, and pearls and with pendant pearls
- Dimensions: Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
- Classifications: Jewelry, Metalwork-Gold and Platinum
- Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
- Object Number: 1982.60.384
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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