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Rubens Vase

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1818, by purchase; Sale, English & Fasana, Bath, November 20, 1845, no. 167; Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, London, 1845, by purchase; William A. A. Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, 1852, by inheritance; William A. L. S. Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 1863, by inheritance; Sale, Christie's, London, June 17, 1882, no. 487; Samson Wertheimer, London, 1882, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, March 15, 1892; Alfred Morrison, London, 1892, by purchase; Sale, Christie's, London, June 12, 1899; Sir Francis Cook, Richmond, 1899, by purchase; Wyndham F. Cook, London, 1901, by inheritance; Humphrey W. Cook, London, 1905, by inheritance; Sale, London, Christie's, July 14, 1925, no. 90; Henry Walters, New York, 1925, by purchase; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 2, 1941, no. 1316; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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Foire Saint Germain Sale, Paris, 1619; Peter Paul Rubens, Antwerp, 1619, by purchase; Daniel Fourment, Antwerp, ca. 1626-1628, by purchase; Emperor Jahangir of India , by consignment; Dutch East India Company, prior to 1635, by confiscation; Holland, 1818; William Beckford, Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire,
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on each side with acanthus leaves beneath each head, curled up. It is believed to have been commissioned by a Byzantine emperor, perhaps around 400 AD, and made in
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It has an oval shape, and is 7 5/16 inches high, 7 5/16 wide, and 4 3/4 deep (18.6 x 18.5 x 12 cm).
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Late Antique
Byzantine
hardstone carving
agate
vase
Peter Paul Rubens
Hermitage Museum
Pan
Constantinople
Sack of Constantinople
Fourth Crusade
Dukes of Anjou
Charles V
Mughal Emperor
Jahangir
Henry Walters



"The Rubens Vase"
"Vase of Rubens"
Hermitage Museum
"The Rubens Vase: Its History and Date"
JSTOR
20168774
Pen drawing of the vase from the Hermitage Museum
Categories
Byzantine art

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