MAKE A MEME View Large Image Palatine Miklos Esterhazy - Esterhazy Marriage Collar - Walters 44586.jpg This elegant jeweled wedding collar incomplete was reputedly worn by the scion of a powerful Hungarian noble family allied with the Habsburgs Palatine Miklos ...
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Keywords: Palatine Miklos Esterhazy - Esterhazy Marriage Collar - Walters 44586.jpg This elegant jeweled wedding collar incomplete was reputedly worn by the scion of a powerful Hungarian noble family allied with the Habsburgs Palatine Miklos Esterhazy aka Nikolaus Esterházy at his wedding in 1611 The design evokes a stylized flower garland interspersed with references to love and marriage including right hands clasped around a heart union based on good faith and love doves affection cornucopias prosperity and forget-me-nots loyalty Such a piece of ritual jewelry could be valued as a striking symbol of the fundamental importance of marital alliances to the Habsburgs The associated ornament has two hooks on the back for fastening it to clothing ca 1611 Baroque gold enamel rubies emeralds pearls sapphires stones other gems or colored glass L cm 45 7 accession number 44 586 9633 Counts Esterhazy by inheritance Bishop Sigismund Bubics Zsigmund Bubics of Kaschau Kosice by purchase Raoul Heilbronner Paris by purchase Henry Walters New York 1909 by purchase Sadie Jones Mrs Henry Walters 1931 by inheritance Sale Parke-Bernet New York May 1 1941 no 1289 Walters Art Museum 1941 by purchase Museum purchase formerly part of the Walters Collection 1941 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Nicholas Esterházy Georg Siebenburgen
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