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Venus and a Satyr

c. 1700

Ignaz Elhafen

(German, 1658–1715)
Germany, late 17th-early 18th Century
ivory
Overall: 15.5 x 12.4 x 3 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.144
Location: Not on view

Description

Elhafen depicted mythological scenes in many small ivory reliefs intended for domestic decoration. As with any work in ivory, the size of the tusk dictated this relief’s scale.
  • Baron Guido von Conrad, Luxemburg
    art market, Germany (sold, Lempertz, Cologne, June 3-9, 1958, lot no. 57, to a private collector
    Private collector, sold, Weinmüller, Munich, October 5-6, 1960, lot no. 100, illus. pl. 63, to a private collector
    Private collector, sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co., London, April 1982, lot no. 264, illus., to David Carritt, Ltd.
    David Carritt, Ltd. (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55. Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: p. 50, no. 12 www.jstor.org
  • The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
    CMA 1983: "Year in Review 1982," Bulletin, LXX (Jan. 1983), p. 50, cat. no. 12, repr. p. 12
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