ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Hanging Lamp
AAT Object Form/Functionhanging lamps
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date1st-2nd Century CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineEx Brummer Collection, donated by the Brummer-Laszlo Family
Dimensions7 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 in. (18.1 x 6 x 5.1 cm)
Object number1998.013.004
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 20, 2014 - March 14, 2023MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - Present
Published ReferencesCecil Harcourt Smith and Caroline Amy Hutton, Catalogue of the Antiquities (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the Collection of the Late Wyndham Francis Cook (London: Metchim, 1908), 124, number 94, plate XLII.
Catalogue of an Important Collection of Greek, Roman and Estruscan Antiquities and Antique and Renaissance Gems: The Property of Humphrey W. Cook (London: Christie, Manson and Woods, 1925), lot 140.
The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol. II (Zurich: Galerie Koller, 1979), 132-133, number 570.
Norbert Franken, "Etruskische Bronzelampen," Romische Mitteilungen 110 (2003): 356, Abb. 4.
ProvenanceEx coll. Sir Francis Cook (1817-1901), Richmond, England, from at least 1877. Thence by descent to Wyndham Francis Cook (1860-1905), London, England. Thence by descent to Humphrey Wyndham Cook (1893-1978). With Christie, Manson, & Woods, London, July 14-16, 1925. With Brummer Gallery, New York, purchased from William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) via International Studio Art Corporation, New York, New York, October 24, 1940. With H. Khan Monif, New York, New York, purchased from Brummer, March 5, 1949. Ex coll. Ernest Brummer (1891-1964), New York, New York, by 1964. With Galerie Koller AG, Zurich, Switzerland, October 16-19, 1979. Ex coll. Ella Brummer (1900-1999), New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century CE
late 5th-4th Century BCE
20th Century
early 21st Century
300 BCE-200 CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
1st-2nd Century CE
4th-6th Century CE
