Item 40b: A Printed Receipt by Antiquitätenhaus Prinzenbau to Gilbert S[tuart] McClintock,, 1927 [August 1].
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 40b
Dates
- Created: 1927 [August 1].
Creator
- Benetts, D. M (Person)
Disclaimer for Name and Subject Authorities
Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Typed receipt.
Condition Note:
Fair. There is tearing along the right side of the page where it was folded.
Measurements:
8.5 x 11 in.
Description:
The following item depicts a printed receipt of purchases made by Gilbert Stuart McClintock from a German antique store called Antiquitatenhaus Prinzenbau, Stern & Co. The account comes to a total of 1,980 euros, and includes purchases such as a pewter plate, a bronze plaquette, boxwood and alabaster sculptures, a bronze head, embroidery pieces, and various spirit and wine jugs. The shipping is being conducted through Paul von Maur, a firm instructed to handle the goods with care. Shipping is an additional cost of 475 dollars against loss and 275 dollars in breakage protection.
This item provides more biographical or background information on the items McClintock was purchasing. These pieces explain in more detail what the iconography means, the years that they were created and how that estimation was derived.
One of the pieces is said to depict Venus and Vulcan. In the legend, “Venus, the goddess of love, is persuading her estranged husband Vulcan, god of fire and blacksmith to the gods, to make a set of armor for her son Aeneas. The classical subject, which comes from the Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil, was popular in paintings from the Renaissance onward” (Philadelphia Museum).
The bronze head listed in the previous item is thought to be Julius Caesar, a Roman general and statesman. Caesar played a prominent role in the inciting events leading to the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Empire, defeating his political rival during the civil war during the Gallic Wars and asserting himself a dictator in 49 BCE until his assassination in 44 BCE.
The alabaster figure depicts St. James the Greater
The wine jug depicts the heraldic crest of the Rhenish family of the princes of Salm.
Location:
17468 Stuttgart, Germany
Transcription:
Annotated at the end of the letter:
D. M. Bernetts
Annotated text at the bottom of the page: N.A we acquired at the sale of the celebrate collection Major Lambert, Andermarch, Belgium.
Annotated text at the bottom of the page: N.A we acquired at the sale of the celebrate collection Major Lambert, Andermarch, Belgium.
Creator
- Benetts, D. M (Person)
Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
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