Live Auction 3010The Decorative Arts Sale
A carved ivory portrait medallion of a nobleman
Lot 160

A carved ivory portrait medallion of a nobleman

ATTRIBUTED TO JOACHIM HENNE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

Closed3 October 2012

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EUR 8,750

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A carved ivory portrait medallion of a nobleman
Attributed to Joachim Henne, second half 17th century
The oval medallion showing a three-quarter-length portrait of an unknown nobleman placed against a classicizing architectural setting, a column to the right bearing his coat-of-arms
8 cm. high x 6.2 cm. wide

Specialist note

Comparable reliefs can be found at the Victoria & Albert Museum, no. A.1-1982, and at the Rijksmuseum, no. BK-KOG-1523.
See also C. Theuerkauff, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16. - 19. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1986, p. 147.