Provenance Information

Ex coll. Renee D. Beningson (1931- 2006) [Antiquarium, Ltd.], New York, New York, acquired from Julius Carlebach (1909-1964) [Carlebach Gallery], New York, New York before 1964. With Antiquarium, Ltd., New York, New York.

Exhibition Information

Never exhibited

Publication Information

Unpublished

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Reported to have been in a private American collection from before 1964.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Flora Mechoulam, Europe, 1960s. Ex coll. Jorge Rodriguez-Mendez, Mexico, 1960s or 1970s. Acquired by Joseph Coplin and Robin Beningson [Antiquarium, Ltd.], New York, New York, from New York art market, 1996. Purchased by MCCM from Antiquarium, 2008.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 2009 - August 26, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

Antiquarium, Ltd., Ancient Treasures V (2007), 37.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Panel was reported to have been in Mexico by the 1970s. The Carlos continues to do provenance research on this object and all of our collections.

Provenance Information

Acquired by MCCM from Joseph Coplin and Robin Beningson [Antiquarium, Ltd.], New York, New York, 2004.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013;

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - September 30, 2014;

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - Present

Publication Information

Unpublished

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Signed Deed of Gift from 2004.

Provenance Information

[Until 1974, with Michel E. Abemayor, New York]; 1975-77, Michel Abemayor’s Estate; acquired in 1977, purchased by Nanette B. Kelekian from the Estate of M. Abemayor; 1977-2020, collection of Nanette B. Kelekian, New York.

Exhibition Information

None

Publication Information

None

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The object qualifies as an exception to the 1970 rule because Nanette Kelekian signed a will prior to 2008 that documents her intent to bequeath the object to the Museum.

Provenance Information

Collection of Ugo Donato (Donati Arte Classica, Lugano, Switzerland, by 1982, said to have been acquired in late 1950s-early 1960s (letter of 28 February 2008 from Stefano Donati, his grandson, on file); sale of the above, Phoenix Ancient Art, New York; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired from the above, 2008.

Exhibition Information

GESICHTER, Ausstellung im Bernischen Historichen Museum, 11/6/1982-02/06/1983.

Reconstructing Antiquity, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, 09/21/2010–06/03/2012

Publication Information

"Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 143, ill.;;Hartwin Brandt, Wird auch silbern mein Haar : Eine Geschichte des Alters in der Antike (München: C.H. Beck, 2002), 199–200, fig. 67.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Said to have been acquired in Switzerland in late 1950s-early 1960s

Provenance Information

April 9, 2014, anonymous sale, Bonhams, New York, lot 96, to Macklowe Gallery, New York; 2015, sold by Macklowe Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)

Exhibition Information

None known.

Publication Information

None known.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The coins could have been discovered in any number of Mediterranean countries. They were incorporated into the necklace in the 1980s; we lack information about their earlier history.

Provenance Information

Inherited by a private collector, Wales, from his wife in 1974. Consigned by the private collector to Bonhams, London, October 28, 2004, lot 60. Acquired at the auction by Phoenix Ancient Art, New York. Sold by Phoenix Ancient Art to Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer in 2006. Given by Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2012.

Exhibition Information

The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2007.

Publication Information

The work was published in the auction catalogue for Bonhams, London, October 28, 2004, lot 60 (illustrated).

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The work has provenance reported to 1945. The work was sold at public auction in 2004 and published and illustrated in the auction catalogue. The auction catalogue provided the following provenance information: “Inherited by the present owner on the death of his wife in 1974. Although uncertain as to when and where she acquired it, the vendor recalls his wife owning the sculpture when they first met in London in 1945. It may have been part of the collection left to her by her father, a merchant who traded between Brazil and London – she was born in Rio in 1897. However, it is possible that she had acquired it by her own means, as she had always taken a keen interest and acquired a considerable knowledge of antiquities.” The work has been on loan to, and on display at, The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2007. The high quality of the carving and the fine state of preservation surpass other Roman decorative reliefs in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.