The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 31, 2023

Martyrdom of a Saint

after 1866

Hermann Samuel Ratzerdorfer

(Austrian, 1815–1891)

Northern Italy, early 16th century

Silver

Overall: 9.6 x 5.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp 1970.122

Location

not on view

Description

Recent research has revealed that this plaquette—long characterized as an Italian object from the 1500s—is indeed by the hand of a 19th-century silversmith working in Vienna. The subject of the Renaissance-style object also cannot be precisely identified, although it was long associated with the beheading of Saint Paul.

Provenance
Dr. Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York)
Bank Leu (Zurich, Switzerland)
Mrs. Chester D. Tripp, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970.
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).

Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).

Collecting Drawings in England. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.122