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2 weeks agoGetty acquires Hellenistic rock crystal garden ring
The J. Paul Getty Museum acquired an impeccably preserved late Hellenistic gold box-bezel ring with a miniature enamel garden scene for $132,260.
The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced the acquisition of a life-size glazed terracotta sculpture by Andrea della Robbia, one of the foremost sculptors of the Italian Renaissance. The work depicts Saint Anthony the Abbot, a third- and fourth-century Christian hermit famed for his asceticism and role as a model for monastic life. Created between 1510 and 1515, the sculpture likely originated in Tuscany.