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Drug Jar

CultureItalian
Dateca. 1525
MediumEarthenware; tin-glazed
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 3 7/8 inches (21.59 × 9.84 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-80/1
On View
Not on view
DescriptionAbove : Putti leading camel. Below: Fabulous animal. In center: Inscription, "Elle Aleschof". All surrounded by garlands. Colors: Green, yellow ochre, blue.Provenance

Probably Baron Adolphe Carl de Rothschild (1823-1900), Paris, by 1900 [1];

Probably inherited by his wife, Caroline Julie Anselme de Rothschild (1830-1907), Paris, 1900-1907 [2];

Probably inherited by her nephew, Baron Maurice Edmond Charles de Rothschild (1881-1957), Paris, 1907;

With A. S. Drey, New York, by May 26, 1934;

Purchased from A. S. Drey by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] According to the invoice provided by A. S. Drey to the Nelson-Atkins at the time of purchase, these jars were formerly in the collections of Barons Adolphe and Maurice de Rothschild in Paris. Adolphe ran the Rothschild banking house in Naples, Italy, until 1865 and was also General Consul of the Duchy of Parma. Although Adolphe, Julie and Maurice also kept art objects at Château de Pregny in Geneva, Switzerland, a French export label on the bottom of one of the jars suggests they may have been kept at the Rothschild home on Rue du Monceau, Paris.

[2] According to the Rothschild Archive, Julie married her cousin Adolphe in 1850. The couple had no children. When Julie died in 1907, her nephew Maurice inherited her homes in Paris and Geneva.

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